Every year spent in school or university improves life expectancy, study says
Every year spent in school or university improves our life expectancy
, while not attending school is as deadly as smoking or heavy drinking, according to the first systematic study directly linking education to gains in longevity
. Using evidence from industrialised countries such as the UK and US as well as developing countries such as China and Brazil, the review found that an adult’s risk of mortality
went down by 2% for every year in full-time education. Completing primary, secondary and tertiary
education is the equivalent of a lifetime of eating a healthy diet, lowering the risk of death by 34% compared with those with no formal
education, according to the peer-reviewed analysis in The Lancet Public Health journal.
tips
not attending school 不去上学
life expectancy 预期寿命
directly linking education to gains in longevity 直接把教育和长寿联系起来
longevity 长命;长寿;寿命
gain 除了获取的意思,还有增加的意思
mortality 死亡
tertiary 第三的;高等(教育)
tertiary eduction = at university or college level
formal 正式的