From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report1 in Special English. A new study
says people are living longer2,
but many are living longer in poor health. Researchers3
found that4 life expectancy5 has increased6 by about7 five years since8 1990. On average9, men worldwide10 can expect11 to live
67 years. Women can expect to live to age12
73.
The findings13
appear14 in a
series of articles15
in the Lancet. Richard Horton is the medical journal's top editor. He says the
Global Burden16
of Disease17 2010
study presents18 good news overall19.
The research found that far
fewer people20 died
of measles21, tetanus, respiratory problems and diarrheal
diseases in 2010 than in 1990.
Deaths22 from infections, childbirth-related23
problems and malnutrition fell24
about 17 percent to 13.2 million. Global efforts25
have focused on reducing HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
AIDS deaths have dropped26.
But every year each of these diseases still
kills more than27 a million people. Mike Cohen is the head28 of global
health research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He says infectious diseases are
now better controlled29.
He says people live longer. But that means30
conditions not caused by infection, like high
blood pressure31 and diabetes, are more common. The study
found that non-communicable32
diseases caused more than half33
of the global burden of disease in 2010.
The two biggest killers34 are heart disease35 and stroke36. They caused
one-fourth of all deaths in 2010. The top causes of disability37 were physical conditions like
arthritis, back38
problems, and mental and behavioral39
problems such as40
depression, anxiety41 and substance abuse. For VOA Learning English, I'm Laurel
Bowman . (Adapted from a radio program broadcast
1. Health Report = relatório de saúde
2. living longer = vivendo mais tempo
3. Researchers = pesquisadores
4. found that = descobriram que
5. life expectancy = expectativa de vida
6. has increased = tem aumentado
7. about = aproximadamente
8. since = desde
9. On average = em media
10. Worldwide = mundialmente
11. can expect = podem esperar
12. age = idade
13. findings = descobertas
14. appear = aparecem
15. articles = artigos
16. Burden = carga, fardo
17. Disease = doença
18. Presents = apresenta
19. good news overall = boas notícias no geral
20. far fewer people = muito menos pessoas
21. died of measles = morrem de sarampo
22. Deaths= mortes
23. childbirth-related = relacionados ao nascimento
24. fell = cairam
25. efforts = esforços
26. have dropped = tem caído
27. still kills more than = ainda matam mais do que
28. head = chefe
29. better controlled = melhor controladas
30. means = significa
31. high blood pressure = pressão sanguínea alta
32. non-communicable = não transmissíveis
33. half = metade
34. The two biggest killers = os dois maiores assassinos
35. heart disease = doença cardiaca
36. stroke = derrame
37. disability = incapacidade
38. back = costas
39. behavioral = comportamental
40. such as = tais como
41. anxiety = ansiedade
