The paper highlights the percentage of deaths attributable to man-made airborne particles is highest in the City of London.
In Europe, the share of traffic deaths attributable to drunken driving was reduced by more than half within 10 years after the standard was dropped.
Another report by Chinese and international experts led by China CDC deputy director Yang Gonghuan and Tsinghua professor Hu Angang projects that the deaths attributable to tobacco in China will rise to 3.5 million per year by 2030.
So scientists estimate that about 30 percent of all cancer deaths are attributable to smoking.
And from about 15 to 20 percent of cancer deaths are attributable to obesity.
And just last week another report claimed that between 12 and 18% of breast cancer deaths are attributable to alcohol consumption.
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According to Kofi Annan's Global Humanitarian Forum, there are already more than 300, 000 deaths per year directly attributable to climate change.
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The paper, Air Pollution in London, produced by the Assembly's Health and Environment Committee, reports 8.3% of deaths in Westminster are attributable to man-made airborne particles.
Statistics show that last year, 37 deaths and 145 serious injuries were attributable to drink-driving.
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But death came in three causal definitions: acute, chronic or wholly attributable to alcohol, and it turns out that there are statistically significant increases in deaths as well as decreases depending on the quarter and the definition of cause.
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And although tens of thousands of deaths have not materialised, it does predict that 4, 000 people will eventually die from cancer attributable to exposure from radiation leaked from the plant.
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