SURREY has the highest percentage of deaths caused by air pollution in the South East, according to figures from Public Health England.
It is estimated 5.7 per cent (527) of deaths in Surrey were caused by air pollution in 2010, compared with 4.8 per cent in East Sussex and 5.3 per cent in Hampshire.
Across the UK the figures show that 25,002 people died because of air pollution in 2010.
Keith Taylor, the Green Party's MEP for South East England and a clean air campaigner, said: "These new statistics, which show that thousands of people are dying because of air pollution, make it clear that urgent action is needed to clean up our air.
"The fact that thousands are dying because of air pollution should be a source of shame for Ministers. Yet, despite the mounting evidence of this major public health threat, the government is doing far too little to reduce air pollution."
