jaipur over 113 lakh deaths in rajasthan have been attributed to air pollution for the year 2019 this is 212 of the total deaths reported from the state that year according to a study on health and economic impact of air pollution published in lancet journal the percentage of total deaths attributable to air pollution in rajasthan is higher than indias average of 18the number of deaths caused by air pollution is a sum of deaths attributable to ambient particulate matter household air pollution and ambient ozone pollutionthe india statelevel disease burden initiative on the trends in air pollution and its economic impact for every state in india has been published in lancet planetary healththe number of deaths related to ambient particulate matter pollution is higher than deaths caused by household air pollution in the state it has been found that the ambient air pollution which is emitted by outdoor sources such as industries and others has increased by 15 in the recent past the household pollution which is caused by burning of wood and coal as fuel has gone down over the years said dr virendra singh citybased pulmonologist and one of the collaborators from the state for the air pollution studyin the state the number of deaths resulting from ambient particulate matter pollution stood at 58167 which is 109 of the total deaths in the state besides 49352 deaths have been caused by household air pollution which is 92 of the total deaths in the state over 2000 deaths have been attributed to ambient ozone pollution which is 25 of total deaths in rajasthan for that year the report says air pollution risks are typically quantified for ambient particulate matter pollution household air pollution and to a smaller extent tropospheric ozoneit further states that the main sources of ambient particulate matter pollution in the country are residential and commercial biomass burning windblown mineral dust coal burning for energy generation industrial emissions agricultural stubble burning waste burning construction activities brick kilns transport vehicles and diesel generators household air pollution is caused mainly by the use of solid fuels for cooking such as wood dung agricultural residues coal and charcoal groundlevel ambient ozone pollution is produced by pollutants emitted from transport vehicles power plants factories and other sources that react to sunlight with hydrocarbons emitted from diverse sources