地图标注：中国平均寿命预期=委内瑞拉，
来源：《柳叶刀》；世界卫生组织（WHO）；华盛顿大学健康衡量标准和评估中心(IHME)

he causes of death are also changing. There has been much progress in reducing infectious diseases (albeit less for HIV/AIDS). But diseases associated with lifestyle—such as strokes and heart disease—are now the biggest killers.
死亡原因也发生了变化。在减少传染病方面取得了很大进步（虽然HIV/AIDS减少得不多）。但是与生活方式相关的疾病——例如中风和心脏病——变成了现在最大的死亡原因。
kommonsensesNov 13th, 16:17
I say Chinese are doing the right thing. you have to live longer before you can learn longer, and you have to learn longer before you can earn longer.
and you have to earn longer before you can live even longer.
我说中国的做法是
正确的
。你必须活得长才能学得多，学得多才能赚得多，赚得多才能活得长。

where Shanghai stands out not as the worst but nevertheless as a really bad place for air quality.
These facts are hard to reconcile. If the life expectancy map is correct air pollution apparently has negligible effects.
Is this yet another proof that the environmentalists are overstating their case?
上海脱颖而出并不是最糟的，然而，就空气质量来说，确实挺糟糕的
这种情况很难协调。如果这张预期寿命图是准的，那么很显然，空气污染对寿命的副作用就是微乎其微的
难道这就是环保主义者夸大其词的另一个证据？
guest-najlojjin reply to steven at the 59th parallelNov 14th, 03:12
2 other things could be at play here:
1. environmental effects are not well-studied enough to affect actuarial models
2. With cleaner air Shanghai's life expectancy would be significantly greater than 83 years
可能的两个解释
1，环境因素并没有被充分地考虑进模型中。
2，拥有清洁的空气后上海人的预期寿命将远大于83岁。

YoungWeberin reply to happyfish18Nov 13th, 09:04
I say 75, you have to get people working past the average mortality rate.
我觉得老年人应该是指75岁以上的，你得保证劳动人口超过平均死亡率。
HoushuNov 13th, 03:12
Say a Tibetan, looking at this map and says: 'I need to move to shanghai so I can live longer'.
If you think he is kind of stupid, what do you think of the policy that 'since high school graduate earns more money and pays more tax, we should give everyone a high school diploma'.
Or, the thinking that 'since overwhelming majority of college graduates vote Democrats, we should give everyone a free two-year community college education'...
Equally stupid? hehehe...
如有一个XZ人，看着这张地图说：“我得搬到上海去，那样就能活得更久了。”
如果你认为他是一个笨蛋，那你怎么看这条政策：“因为高中毕业生能够赚更多的钱，缴更高的税，所以我们应该给每一个人都发张高中文凭。”
或者看看这条：“由于绝大部分大学毕业生会投票给民主党，所以我们应该让每个人都去接受一个免费的2年制大学教育”……
是不是一样蠢？呵呵呵……

Jeffrey_peng116Nov 13th, 01:36
Where is the Taiwan in this Chinese map？
这张中国地图上的台湾在哪儿？
Jean Michelin reply to Jeffrey_peng116Nov 13th, 04:15
And they have forgotten also Nansha Island in the South China Sea.
而且中国南海上的南沙群岛也不在这张地图上。

oungWeberNov 12th, 23:45
What is the point of a Chinese man getting rich if he can't eat Dong Po everyday? What good is the money if you cannot enjoy it; life is about quality; not quantity.
如果中国人不能天天吃东坡餐厅，那变富了有什么意义？不懂得享受，赚了钱有什么用？生活在质不在量。
beihusiNov 12th, 09:16
Well. Maybe the good envirenment could not bring longer life to people,and the economic maybe could.
好吧，没准健康的环境不会让人们长寿，反而是良好的经济能做到这点。

ashbirdNov 12th, 02:53
Thank you, TE, for reporting this LANCET article.
《经济学人》，谢谢你报道了《柳叶刀》上的文。
ashbirdin reply to ashbirdNov 12th, 09:56
Lancet subscription is USD $174/year . Website is accessed by a click of the mouse.
Abstracts are free for readers who strangely doubt the veracity of a LANCET report.
And ask an even stranger Q: Why should anyone believe in Chinese government statistics?
Why should anyone believe Chinese do not grow horns on their foreheads?
《柳叶刀》的订阅费是174美元/年，他们的网站你用鼠标一点就能进去。
那些莫名其妙怀疑《柳叶刀》文章真实性的人，网站上列出了所有文章的摘要都是可以免费阅读的。
还居然问一个更加莫名其妙的问题：为什么要相信中国政府的统计数据？
你们怎么不问问：为什么要相信中国人脑门儿上没长角？

重庆不够红啊

guest-iwaonwwNov 12th, 01:45
So what? We still have serious human rights issues (in the eyes of Western Countries)...lol
预期寿命延长了又如何？（在西方国家的眼里）我们还有严重的人权问题呢……呵呵
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MagicMoneyFrogin reply to guest-iwaonwwNov 12th, 03:21
Life expectancy is decreasing among white men in the USA because of rising rates of suicide and drug addiction; but we still have the ability to post snarky comments about Obama. Hence, all is well.
在美国，白人的预期寿命在缩短，这是因为自杀率和药物上瘾率的不断飙升；但是我们有自由，我们能发表关于奥巴马的恶意评论。如此，万事皆欢喜。

Houshuin reply to MagicMoneyFrogNov 13th, 03:05
You mean that a long life, without the ability to post snarky comments about Obama, is not worth living? man, you are so racist...
楼上的，你的意思是，如果一辈子不发表关于奥巴马的恶意评论，那活多长都是白活了么？兄弟，你真是一个种族主义者……

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FGjBYNfEnbNov 12th, 01:25
Assuming that these stats are correct, it is fortunate that the Chinese people do not have to consider all the diet articles and studies that North Americans and Europeans are faced with on a daily basis - just increase the quality of medical care and living standards and people live longer - why spend all this time worrying about eating too much meat or/and butter, because, if you stay fit, at the margin it really does not make much difference - it's really about genetics!
假使文中所述情况属实，那中国人太幸运了，他们不用像北美和欧洲人那样时刻想着所有关于饮食的文章并且去学习文中的健康饮食——只需要提高医疗水平和生活水平，人们就能活得更长了——为什么要花时间去担心吃了太多肉和/或黄油，因为只要你活得舒服，在这个范围内吃什么并没有造成什么差别——其实只受遗传因素影响！
rxsquaredin reply to FGjBYNfEnbNov 12th, 22:28
Meat and butter are part of a healthy diet! The elimination of saturated fats in the 20th century has been one of the biggest dietary missteps in nutritional history!
楼上的，肉和黄油都是健康饮食的一部分！20世纪消灭饱和脂肪一事已经成为营养史中最大的饮食方向性错误之一。

我来自浙江

guest-najlojjNov 12th, 00:18
Dear TE:
This map is not quite useful...its not the same as labeling each of China's provinces with a country's GDP.
I doubt the average reader can really get a sense of how different life expectancy rates are across all these countries since most of them fall within a pretty narrow range.
My humble suggestion:
A simple bar graph comparing the top 5 provinces of today vs back in 1990, and the bottom 5 provinces of today vs back in 1990.
亲爱的《经济学人》：
这张地图其实并没有什么用……这跟为中国各省标记上GDP总量不同。我怀疑你的读者群平均水平还没到能看懂这张地图的高度，因为地图上省份太多，而各省之间的差别也不是那么大，所以很难搞清楚到底哪个省的寿命预期长，哪个省的寿命预期短。
我的浅见是：
只选取寿命预期最长的5个省份和最短的5个省份，将其现在的寿命预期以条形图的方式，与其1990年的寿命预期作对比。

不是说在北京多呼吸一个小时少活一年的吗。