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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the number of days people are exposed to unhealthy air — EH‑01 Data

This objective is a Leading Health Indicator (LHI). Learn about LHIs.

Status: Little or no detectable change

  Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
4,534,737,587 Air Quality Index (AQI)-weighted people days (2019-21)

Target:
3,866,365,816 AQI-weighted people days

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
4,295,962,018 Air Quality Index (AQI)-weighted people days exceeded 100 on the AQI in 2016-18

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Air Quality Index >100, 2016-18 to 2019-21
(Air Quality Index (AQI)-weighted people days)
Decrease desired

Population 2016-18 2019-21
Total
4,295,962,018
4,534,737,587