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.

Vietnam's Tiền Giang Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Tiền Giang

Tiền Giang faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 1.9 million across 11 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 19.8µg/m³. That's 4.0 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 329 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 Tiền Giang met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 1.45 years longer.

That's 2.8M years of life stolen from 1.9 million 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 Tiền Giang. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Gò Công
1.6 years lost
2.Gò Công Đông
1.5 years lost
3.Tân Phước
1.5 years lost
4.Gò Công Tây
1.5 years lost
5.Chợ Gạo
1.5 years lost
6.Tân Phú Đông
1.5 years lost
7.Cai Lậy (Thị xã)
1.4 years lost
8.Mỹ Tho
1.4 years lost
9.Châu Thành
1.4 years lost
10.Cái Bè
1.4 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

15-25 µg/m³

100%

1.9M

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 11 Districts in Tiền Giang

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

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Cái Bè	331K	19.2	1.4 years
Châu Thành	269K	19.4	1.4 years
Mỹ Tho	250K	19.6	1.4 years
Cai Lậy	216K	19.0	1.4 years
Chợ Gạo	199K	20.2	1.5 years
Gò Công	152K	20.9	1.6 years
Gò Công Tây	140K	20.4	1.5 years
Cai Lậy (Thị xã)	135K	19.8	1.4 years
Gò Công Đông	120K	20.4	1.5 years
Tân Phước	65K	20.4	1.5 years
Tân Phú Đông	46K	19.9	1.5 years

Showing 11 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Tiền Giang is Injurious to Health.