Lead scientist Dr Jaana Halonen, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: 'Road traffic noise has previously been associated with sleep problems and increased blood pressure, but our study is the first in the UK to show a link with deaths and strokes.'

伦敦卫生及热带医学学院 (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)的首席科学家亚纳·哈洛宁博士(Jaana Halonen)表示：“道路交通噪音早前被证明与睡眠问题和血压升高有关，但我们的研究是英国第一个将道路交通噪音和死亡、中风联系在一起的。

In London, more than 1.6 million people are exposed to daytime road traffic noise louder than this threshold.

在伦敦，超过160万的人口暴露在日间交通噪音的环境中，且噪音超过临界值。

The study also found that adults living in areas with the noisiest daytime traffic were 5% more likely to be admitted to hospital for stroke than those from quieter neighbourhoods. For the elderly, this increase in risk rose to 9%.

这项研究还发现，比起住在较为安静区域的人，那些生活在日间交通噪音污染最严重区域的成年人因中风而入院的可能性要高出5%。对于老年人来说，这种风险甚至增加至9%。

Between 2003 and 2010, a total of 442,560 adults from the study population died from all causes, of whom 291,139 were elderly.

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