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This slide shows the estimated proportions of the burden of death, disease and disability due to environmental factors. Applying these percentages across the diseases and conditions indicated leads to an estimate of the total DALY burden that is associated with environmental factors. This is 320 million or 23% of the world's total DALY burden. Each DALY (disability-adjusted life years) indicates the loss of a year of healthy life - that is, time lived with a disability or time lost through premature death.

The diseases or other types of poor health with the largest environmental contribution to disease burden (ARI, diarrhoeal diseases, malaria and unintentional injury) are also those which particularly affect children. Using the percentage of all DALYs contributed by children under age 15, estimates of the "child component" of environmental DALYs can be made. This child component adds up to 15% of all DALYs or about two-thirds of environmental DALYs. Taking action to reduce environmental DALYs could thus make a major contribution to child health.

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