Although a decreasing trend was seen in all provinces, the proportion of the population using solid fuels in 2017 was ten times greater in the province with the highest use (54·1% in Gansu) than in the province with the lowest use (4·9% in Shanghai; appendix 2 p 3 ).
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The effect of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across China and its provinces, 1990-2017: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
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Although the overall mortality attributable to air pollution decreased in China between 1990 and 2017, 12 provinces showed an increasing trend during the past 27 years.