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 Oriental Mindoro Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Oriental Mindoro

Oriental Mindoro faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 933 thousand across 15 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 14.4µg/m³. That's 2.9 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 239 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 Oriental Mindoro met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.92 years longer.

That's 858K years of life stolen from 933 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 Oriental Mindoro. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Naujan
1.1 years lost
2.Victoria
1 years lost
3.Calapan City
1 years lost
4.Baco
1 years lost
5.Socorro
0.9 years lost
6.Gloria
0.9 years lost
7.Pinamalayan
0.9 years lost
8.Bansud
0.9 years lost
9.Bongabong
0.9 years lost
10.Roxas
0.9 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

66.8%

623K

15-25 µg/m³

33.2%

310K

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 15 Districts in Oriental Mindoro

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

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Calapan City	155K	15.3	1.0 years
Naujan	97K	16.4	1.1 years
Pinamalayan	88K	14.6	0.9 years
Bongabong	86K	14.1	0.9 years
Gloria	64K	14.6	0.9 years
Roxas	64K	14.0	0.9 years
Victoria	57K	15.7	1.0 years
Mansalay	54K	13.0	0.8 years
Bulalacao	51K	10.8	0.6 years
Socorro	48K	14.7	0.9 years
Baco	45K	14.9	1.0 years
Puerto Galera	39K	11.8	0.7 years
Bansud	31K	14.5	0.9 years
San Teodoro	27K	12.7	0.8 years
Pola	26K	13.9	0.9 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 Oriental Mindoro is Injurious to Health.