Pollution causing more deaths worldwide than war or smoking – South Sudan among worst affected
5 highest rates of pollution-related deaths per 100,000 population (percentage of all deaths)
- Somalia: 316.3 (26.5 per cent).
- Central African Republic: 303.8 (18.9 per cent).
- Chad: 284.9 (25.6 per cent).
- South Sudan: 264.2 (23.2 per cent).
- Niger: 245.5 (24.9 per cent).
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/pollution-worldwide-deaths-1.4363613