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.

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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