{"id": 1939, "name": "Hypothetical number of deaths from energy production (Markandya & Wilkinson (2007))", "unit": "deaths per year", "description": "Hypothetical number of deaths if global energy in 2014 was derived from a single source. This was calculated by multiplying the death rate per energy source (from Markandya & Wilkinson (2007)) by the IEA's estimate of global energy production in 2014 of 159,000TWh.", "createdAt": "2017-06-04T16:52:26.000Z", "updatedAt": "2023-06-15T05:05:42.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2014", "datasetId": 455, "columnOrder": 0, "dataPath": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/1939.data.json", "metadataPath": "https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/1939.metadata.json", "datasetName": "Death rate from energy production - Markandya & Wilkinson (2007)", "type": "int", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "Hypothetical number of deaths from energy production", "unit": "deaths", "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "source": {"id": 577, "name": "Death rate from energy production - Markandya & Wilkinson (2007)", "dataPublishedBy": "Markandya, A., & Wilkinson, P. (2007). Electricity generation and health. The Lancet.", "dataPublisherSource": "", "link": "doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61253-7", "retrievedDate": "", "additionalInfo": "Data was derived from Table 2 in Markandya, A., & Wilkinson, P. (2007). Electricity generation and health. The Lancet, 370(9591), 979-990. Available at: doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61253-7.\n\nThis data is based on European energy production standards and practices. Data includes both acute and chronic effects (chronic effects account for between 88% and 99% of total deaths). Figures for nuclear include all cancer-related deaths. The figures for death rates per TWh for cancer-related nuclear deaths by Markandya, A., & Wilkinson, P. (2007) are calculated on a theoretical basis using a method called the \u2018linear, no-threshold model\u2019. The basis of this model assumes that the number of deaths is directly and linearly proportional to the dosage of radiation; additionally it assumes there is no lower limit or \u201csafe\u201d level of exposure, meaning individuals are at risk even at very low doses."}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2014}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 29302, "name": "Coal", "code": null}, {"id": 29303, "name": "Gas", "code": null}, {"id": 29304, "name": "Oil", "code": null}, {"id": 29305, "name": "Biomass", "code": null}, {"id": 29306, "name": "Nuclear", "code": null}, {"id": 34611, "name": "Brown coal", "code": null}]}}}