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 Nueva Vizcaya Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Nueva Vizcaya

Nueva Vizcaya faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 518 thousand across 15 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 19.1µg/m³. That's 3.8 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 317 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 Nueva Vizcaya met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 1.37 years longer.

That's 709K years of life stolen from 518 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 Nueva Vizcaya. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Kayapa
1.8 years lost
2.Solano
1.7 years lost
3.Bagabag
1.6 years lost
4.Bayombong
1.5 years lost
5.Villaverde
1.5 years lost
6.Ambaguio
1.3 years lost
7.Santa Fe
1.3 years lost
8.Dupax Del Sur
1.3 years lost
9.Quezon
1.3 years lost
10.Bambang
1.3 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

10.5%

54K

15-25 µg/m³

89.5%

464K

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 15 Districts in Nueva Vizcaya

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

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Bayombong	70K	20.7	1.5 years
Bambang	67K	17.9	1.3 years
Solano	65K	22.5	1.7 years
Aritao	45K	15.0	1.0 years
Bagabag	43K	21.4	1.6 years
Dupax Del Norte	37K	17.3	1.2 years
Kayapa	27K	23.7	1.8 years
Villaverde	26K	20.6	1.5 years
Kasibu	24K	15.5	1.0 years
Santa Fe	23K	18.5	1.3 years
Quezon	23K	18.1	1.3 years
Dupax Del Sur	20K	18.2	1.3 years
Diadi	20K	15.6	1.0 years
Ambaguio	19K	18.6	1.3 years
Alfonso Castaneda	9K	13.0	0.8 years

Showing 15 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Nueva Vizcaya is Injurious to Health.