00:00Noise pollution isn't just keeping you up at night, it's killing people.
00:04Here are Europe's most affected countries.
00:10If you live in urban areas, you'd better finally install those double glazed windows.
00:15Excessive and continuous transport noise has been linked to serious health problems.
00:20Namely, 66,000 annual premature deaths, 50,000 new cases of cardiovascular diseases
00:27and 22,000 new cases of type 2 diabetes.
00:30The European Environment Agency says more than 20% of Europeans are exposed
00:36or around 112 million people.
00:39The rate goes up to 30% if measured against the WHO's stricter noise standards.
00:46Road traffic, meaning cars, bikes and vans, is the number one danger
00:51affecting 92 million people day, evening and night.
00:54French people are the most affected with more than 20 million residents
00:58exposed to street noise over the 55 decibel Elden threshold.
01:03Neighbouring Italy has a big problem with railways affecting a disproportionate 5.3 million,
01:09the highest number in Europe.
01:11Germany has to reckon with airplanes whose roaring engines bother almost a million people.
01:17And seeking silence isn't as easy as it seems as only 34% of the population
01:23has access to green and quiet areas within a 400-meter walking distance from their homes.
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