Air pollution, both household air pollution and ambient particulate matter, were among the leading ten risk factors for men and women in 1990 and have remained important in 2016. The median percent change in age-standardised DALY rates showed important declines in both time periods for men and women. Specifically, in the most recent time period household air pollution declined by 38·3% (35·3–41·4) for men and 41·1% (37·8–44·2) for women, and ambient air pollution decreased by 14·2% (11·5–17·1) for men and 21·3% (17·8–24·5) for women, in terms of median age-standardised DALY rates.
