By the Numbers: Air Pollution
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24.2
Percentage of decline in air pollution in the United States from 2009 to 2016
5.5
Percentage of increase in air pollution in the United States since 2016
9,700
Number of premature deaths in 2018 associated with that air-pollution increase
$89 billion
Damages represented by those deaths
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research