PM2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller. These particles are 30 times thinner than a human hair and come from car exhaust, power plants, wildfires, and burning fuel. They are small enough to bypass your body's natural defenses and enter your bloodstream.

How does air pollution affect the body?

Air pollution affects virtually every organ in the body. PM2.5 particles enter your lungs, pass into your bloodstream, and travel to your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. This causes chronic inflammation, increasing risks of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, dementia, and many other conditions.

How many people are affected by air pollution?

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines. Air pollution kills approximately 8 million people every year—more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Philippines's Antique Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Antique

Antique faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 604 thousand across 18 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 12.9µg/m³. That's 2.6 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 214 cigarettes in a year.

Trends

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Health Impact

Life Expectancy Impact

If Antique met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.76 years longer.

That's 459K years of life stolen from 604 thousand people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Most Polluted

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Antique. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Pandan
0.8 years lost
2.Sibalom
0.8 years lost
3.San Jose
0.8 years lost
4.Laua-An
0.8 years lost
5.Barbaza
0.8 years lost
6.Belison
0.8 years lost
7.Valderrama
0.8 years lost
8.Bugasong
0.8 years lost
9.Hamtic
0.8 years lost
10.Sebaste
0.8 years lost

Exposure

Population Exposure by Pollution Level

Distribution of population across different PM2.5 pollution levels. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³—only populations below this threshold are breathing safe air.

< 5 µg/m³

5-10 µg/m³

10-15 µg/m³

100%

604K

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 18 Districts in Antique

Complete air quality data for every district in Antique, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Sibalom	69K	13.6	0.8 years
San Jose	62K	13.5	0.8 years
Hamtic	59K	13.1	0.8 years
Culasi	41K	12.5	0.7 years
Patnongon	39K	12.5	0.7 years
Bugasong	38K	13.1	0.8 years
San Remigio	35K	12.8	0.8 years
Pandan	35K	13.6	0.8 years
Caluya	34K	12.0	0.7 years
Tobias Fornier	29K	11.5	0.6 years
Tibiao	27K	13.0	0.8 years
Laua-An	25K	13.3	0.8 years
Barbaza	24K	13.2	0.8 years
Valderrama	21K	13.2	0.8 years
Anini-Y	20K	11.3	0.6 years
Libertad	17K	12.1	0.7 years
Sebaste	16K	13.0	0.8 years
Belison	15K	13.2	0.8 years

Showing 18 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Antique is Injurious to Health.