Air Quality Index Chart

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AQI	Health Categories	Ozone	Particulate Matter
0 to 50	Good	None	None
51 to 100	Moderate	Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.	Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion.
101 to 150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Group	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.	People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.
151 to 200	Unhealthy	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.	People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children should avoid prolonged exertion. Everyone else should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion.
201 to 300	Very Unhealthy	Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children should limit outdoor exertion.	People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children should avoid all physical activity outdoors. Everyone else should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion.
>300	Hazardous	People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should remain indoors and keep activity levels low. Everyone else should avoid all physical activity outdoors.	People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children should remain indoors and keep activity levels low. Everyone else should avoid all physical activity outdoors.