Burden of disease results with the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines scenario: children 1–14 years old
| Country | Childhood population assessed n | NO2 WHO guideline value# | PM2.5 WHO guideline value¶ | ||
| Total cases attributable to exposure scenario % | Attributable expected cases n (95% CI) | Total cases attributable to exposure scenario % | Attributable expected cases n (95% CI) | ||
| Austria | 1 165 734 | 0.10 | 9 (4–13) | 21.74 | 2083 (765–3167) |
| Belgium | 1 788 001 | 0.72 | 99 (41–135) | 21.31 | 2924 (1067–4468) |
| Denmark | 899 709 | 0.01 | 0.47 (0.19–0.65) | 5.81 | 537 (186–862) |
| Finland | 840 626 | 0.00 | 0 (0–0) | 0.19 | 14 (5–23) |
| France | 11 234 118 | 0.62 | 632 (264–860) | 16.67 | 16 860 (6114–25 950) |
| Germany | 10 459 150 | 0.10 | 70 (29–96) | 10.95 | 7815 (10 982–17 841) |
| Greece | 1 413 106 | 0.81 | 90 (37–123) | 18.32 | 2036 (739–3130) |
| Hungary | 1 319 551 | 0.00 | 0 (0–0) | 24.61 | 2801 (1034–4234) |
| Ireland | 966 048 | 0.00 | 0 (0–0) | 0.46 | 50 (17–82) |
| Italy | 7 791 095 | 0.56 | 295 (124–400) | 20.84 | 11 001 (4119–16 471) |
| Lithuania | 390 930 | 0.00 | 0 (0–0) | 10.79 | 426 (150–673) |
| Netherlands | 2 625 237 | 0.42 | 80 (33–109) | 18.01 | 3456 (1245–5347) |
| Norway | 873 491 | 0.00 | 0 (0–0) | 0.83 | 99 (34–161) |
| Portugal | 1 388 377 | 0.08 | 12 (5–17) | 4.39 | 714 (247–1147) |
| Spain | 6 579 656 | 1.60 | 736 (312–993) | 7.85 | 3603 (1266–5710) |
| Sweden | 1 628 914 | 0.00 | 0.09 (0.04–0.12) | 1.10 | 214 (74–345) |
| Switzerland | 1 172 805 | 0.02 | 2 (1–3) | 14.17 | 1523 (544–2374) |
| UK | 10 905 872 | 0.27 | 408 (170–558) | 6.81 | 10 409 (3624–16 633) |
| Total | 63 442 419 | 0.42 | 2434 (1020–3307) | 11.49 | 66 567 (32 213–108 617) |
NO2: nitrogen dioxide; PM2.5: particulate matter ≤2.5 µm in diameter. #: NO2 reduced to 40 µg·m−3 (annual average), where in exceedance; ¶: PM2.5 reduced to 10 µg·m−3 (annual average), where in exceedance.