Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Air Pollution and Health 2476-3071 5 3 2020 09 29 171 180 Farzad Fanaei Student Research Committee, school of public health, Iran university of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Akram Ghorbanian Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Abbas Shahsavani Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ahmad Jonidi Jafari Research Center of Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ali Abdolahnejad Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran Majid Kermani Research Center of Environmental Health Technology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Farzad Fanaei Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2020 12 18 2021 01 15 Introduction: In the 21st century, air pollution has become a global and environmental challenge. The increase in cases of illness and mortality due to air pollution is not hidden from anyone. Therefore, in this study, we estimated the mortality rate due to cause by air pollution agents (PM2.5) in the southernmost city of Khuzestan province (Abadan city) at 2018-2019. Materials and methods: To estimate the mortality duo to air pollution, data related to PM2.5 particles daily concentrations was received from the Abadan Environmental Protection Organization. The average 24-h concentrations of PM2.5 were calculated using Excel. Then, mortality data were obtained from the Vice Chancellor for Health, Abadan University of Medical Sciences. Finally, by AirQ+ software, each of the mortality in 2018-2019 in Abadan was estimated. Results: The obtained data indicated that the concentration of PM2.5 particles within the one-year period was higher than the value set by WHO guideline and EPA standard. Which caused the citizens of Abadan to be exposed to PM2.5 more than 8.23 times than the guidelines of the WHO and 5.34 times more than the standard of the EPA. The output of the model used in this study was as follows: natural mortality (462 cases, AP: 38.25%), mortality duo to LC (6 cases, AP: 32.18%), mortality duo to COPD (8 cases, AP: 26.64%), mortality duo to Stroke (86 cases, AP: 71.26%), mortality duo to IHD (183 cases, AP: 68.34%) and mortality duo to ALRI (2 cases, AP: 32.9%). Conclusion: Planning appropriate strategies of air pollution control to reduce exposure and attributable mortalities is important and necessary https://japh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/japh/article/view/262 https://japh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/japh/article/download/262/252