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| Energy Source Mortality Rates; Deaths/yr/TWh | |
| Coal - world average, 161 | |
| Coal - China, 278 | |
| Coal - USA, 15 | |
| Oil - 36 | |
| Natural Gas - 4 | |
| Biofuel/Biomass - 12 | |
| Peat - 12 | |
| Solar/rooftop - 0.44-0.83 | |
| Wind - 0.15 | |
| Hydro - world, 0.10 | |
| Hydro - world*, 1.4 | |
| Nuclear - 0.04 | |
| * Includes the 170,000 deaths from the failure of the Banquao Reservoir Dam in China in 1975 |
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