Mortality attributable to wood heater smoke and potential health benefits of reducing wood heaters 2015 (Published 2019)

Research estimates that wood heater smoke in Australia is linked to 558-1555 earlier than expected deaths each year, and halving the number of wood heaters in Australia would create health benefits of between $AUD 1.61 billion to $AUD 1.93 billion per year.

Note: The data visualisation tool in this study shows estimated wood heater pollution-related health impacts across Australia. Using this tool you can explore the estimates by State/Territory, by Greater Capital City Statistical Area, or by Statistical Area Level 4. The tool also enables you to select what estimates to display: wood heater emissions (WHE) (kg/year), population-weighted WHE-fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations, the number of earlier than expected deaths, or deaths per 100,000 people.

The Visualisation tool can be accessed at https://safeair.org.au/data-visualisation-wood-heater-pollution-mortality-in-australia/

Wood heater emissions (2015)

Earlier than expected deaths due to wood heater emissions (2015)

Earlier than expected deaths per 100,000 people due to wood heater emissions (2015)