Dear Authors,

Thanks for your revised manuscript which addresses the comments of both referees. I am happy to say that the revised manuscript can be published, subject to some minor revisions (review by editor) listed below:

1. Table 2 is a useful comparison of previous studies and helps highlight the novelty of this work. Please double check the values entered in this table. For example, the Excess Mortality value for Conibear et al. (2018) is not correct. It should be 0.99 million (see Page 3 of Conibear et al.). Please check the numbers from the other studies as well.
2. Line 185-Line 191. This paragraph should be updated to include the other studies now included in Table 2.
3. Line 160 and Table 2. It would be useful to compare population weighted PM2.5 concentrations from previous studies when this is available.

Please make these minor revisions and resubmit the manuscript. I am looking forward to receiving it.

Regards,

Dominick Spracklen

Dear authors,

Thanks for making the requested changes. I am happy to say that your paper is accepted for publication.

Thanks again for all your work.

Regards,

Dominick