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Life expectancy for men outpacing women
男性壽命增長快于女性

Men are increasing their life expectancy at a higher rate than women, according to a study released yesterday by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Men are increasing their life expectancy at a higher rate than women, according to a study released yesterday by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, ABC News reports.

美國廣播公司消息，華盛頓大學健康計量和評估所昨天發布的一項研究表明，男性的壽命增長比女性快。

Between 1987 and 2007, life expectancy increased in the U.S. from 71.3 years to 75.6 years for men and from 78.4 to 80.8 years for women.

在1987年和2007年間，美國男性的壽命從71.3歲提高到了75.6歲，女性的壽命從78.4歲提高到了80.8歲。

"You have to realize that the gaps between smoking men and women have gone away," said Chris Murray, the director of the institute. "The women are now, relative to men, smoking more. The obesity epidemic in women is greater than in men and in fact, progress in tackling blood pressures much worse in women than compared to men."

(China.org.cn June 17, 2011)

該所主任克里斯?穆里說，“女性和男性之間由于吸煙造成的差異現在已經不存在了，女性與男性相比，吸煙的更多。女性肥胖的問題比男性嚴重，而且女性在對付高血壓問題上取得的進展也遠不及男性。”