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不同的居住地会影响你的健康
According to a new Canadian study where you live is a big factor in how healthy you are.
根据在加拿大进行的一项新研究，居住地是影响人们健康的一个重要因素。
The study, by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), has found that people in neighbourhoods with higher incomes and higher education levels were more likely to report excellent or very good health.
加拿大医疗信息协会进行的这项研究结果显示，与高收入及高学历的人为邻的人们更有可能比较健康。
Residents in such areas also reported being more involved in active pastimes and were less likely to smoke.
研究还发现，在这种地区生活的居民也更能够溶入到积极的娱乐活动中，而且吸烟的概率也比较低。
Health gaps between neighbourhoods have been revealed by the report which looked at health outcomes and behaviours in neighbourhoods of five large cities, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
这项报告主要在五个大城市――温哥华、卡尔加里、多伦多、蒙特利尔及哈利法克斯中，对邻近地区居民的健康状况及行为进行了调查，从而揭示不同地区居民之间的健康差异。
The evaluation was based on Statistics from the 2001 Canadian census, and considered five characteristics - income, education, recent immigration, people living alone and single parent families.
以2001年加拿大人口普查的统计数据为基础进行评估，对5个参数进行考察，包括收入情况、受教育程度、近期的外来移民情况、独居的居民以及单亲家庭。
The researchers found that the physical characteristics of communities, such as location, were also factors in residents' health.
研究者发现，社区的自然特点例如地理位置，也对居民的健康有影响。
The report also found that physical characteristics of neighbourhoods, such as a neighbourhood's location, were related to health and the proportion of people reporting that they were overweight or obese tended to be lower in urban neighbourhoods situated close to downtown.
研究还发现，邻近地区的自然特点例如地理位置，对居民的健康也有影响，居住在靠近市区的地区的居民中，超重或者肥胖居民的比例往往比较低。
The injury rates in both Vancouver and Toronto differed from the other three cities and both communities with a higher-than-average immigrant population and/or single parent families were less likely to report injuries.
居住在温哥华及多伦多的居民的受伤害比率与另外三个城市不同，这两个地区有超过平均水平的外来移民和/或单亲家庭，居民的受伤害比率比较低。
Rates of injury did not vary significantly in Calgary, Montreal and Halifax.
居住在卡尔加里、蒙特利尔及哈利法克斯的居民的受伤害比率没有明显的不同。
Overall, there was an 11 per cent health gap between the five cities with 67 per cent of youth and adults in Calgary reporting excellent or good health, 63 per cent in Halifax, 59 per cent in Vancouver, 58 per cent in Montreal and 56 per cent in Toronto.
总的来说，在五个城市之间健康居民比例的差异是11％，在卡尔加里67％的年轻人及成年人称处于极好的或者良好的健康状态，在哈利法克斯的这一比例为63％，在温哥华的这一比例为59％，在蒙特利尔的这一比例为58％，而在多伦多的这一比例为56％。
The research suggests that income, social characteristics, such as whether neighbours are willing to help each other, physical characteristics such as whether a neighbourhood is walkable and housing, such as whether housing is safe, affordable and suitable in size, may all be linked with health at a neighbourhood level.
研究表明，收入情况；社区特点例如邻里之间是否愿以互相帮助；自然特点例如附近是否有适合步行的地区；居住环境例如居住环境是否安全、负担得起及面积是否合适都会对邻近地区的居民健康产生影响。
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