UNITED KINGDOM

Premature deaths from air pollution (PM2.5 and PM10)
16,355

Outdoor air pollution related economic cost of premature deaths
$83bn

Public healthcare spending per year
$253bn

Fossil fuel production subsidies
$6.5bn

Renewable energy subsidies
$4.1bn

Stay tuned! The HEAL report on fossil fuel subsidies and comparative health costs will be published in early 2017. Please leave us your email address if you would like us to send you the report when it is released.

In the meantime you can read what the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change thinks about fossil fuels and health: A Breath of Fresh Air.

Sources:
WHO Premature deaths from AP (2014) http://bit.ly/1jpGo4S
WHO Economic cost of the health impact of air pollution in Europe (2015)
WHO Health System Financing Profiles (2014) http://bit.ly/1G6VZlY
Overseas Development Institute/Oil Change International (2015) http://bit.ly/2lfgjbm
International Energy Agency (2015) http://bit.ly/1GJOu3b.