Health Report - Longer Lives Not Always Healthier Lives

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VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in English. A new study says people are living longer, many are living longer in poor health. Researchers found life expectancy has increased by about five years since On average, men worldwide can expect to live 67 . Women can expect to live to age 73. The appear in a series of articles in the Lancet. Horton is the medical journal's top editor. He says Global Burden of Disease 2010 study presents good news . The research found that far fewer people died of , tetanus, respiratory problems and diarrheal diseases in 2010 than 1990. Deaths from infections, childbirth-related problems and malnutrition fell 17 percent to 13.2 million. Global efforts have focused reducing HIVAIDS/, tuberculosis and malaria. AIDS deaths have dropped. every year each of these diseases still kills more a million people. Mike Cohen is the head of health research at the University of North Carolina at Hill. He says infectious diseases are now better controlled. says people live longer. But that means conditions not by infection, like high blood pressure and diabetes, are common. The study found that non-communicable diseases caused more half of the global burden of disease in 2010. two biggest killers are heart disease and stroke. They one-fourth of all deaths in 2010. The top causes disability were physical conditions like arthritis, back problems, and and behavioral problems such as depression, anxiety and substance . For VOA Learning English, I'm Laurel Bowman (Adapted a radio program broadcast 19Dec2012)

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