Washington: Women live longer in areas with more vegetation that their homes were 12 percent lower mortality by a new study that found that...
Washington: Women live longer in areas with more vegetation that their homes were 12 percent lower mortality by a new study that found that women green with the highest levels of nearby who compared to the lower levels of vegetation near from home.
The researchers found the greatest differences in mortality were renal disease, respiratory diseases and cancer. They also examined how an environment with trees, shrubs and plants could reduce mortality rates.
They showed that the improvement of mental health and social engagement are the strongest factors, while increasing physical activity and reducing air pollution also contribute.
"It is important to know that the trees and plants benefits for the health of our communities and beauty offer," Linda Birnbaum, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) said in the United States. ,
"The finding of reduced mortality suggests that the vegetation can be important in a variety of ways for the health," Birnbaum said.
The study, which is carried out by scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health TH Chan and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the green investigated around the homes of 108,630 women in long-term health study of "nurses.
Researchers assigned residence and high-resolution satellite images were used to determine the amount of vegetation within 250 meters and 1,250 meters of houses. then followed the women from 2000 to 2008 monitoring changes in vegetation and participants death. Occurred during the study 8,604 deaths.
Scientists have always lower rate of mortality in women than levels rose to their houses trees and plants. This trend was observed by independent causes of death and, if all causes.
When the researchers women than in areas with more green women at the lowest level found, 41 the mortality percent lower kidney disease, mortality rate of 34 percent fewer respiratory illnesses per capita and 13 percent decrease in cancer death rate in the green areas.
Women with the highest levels of vegetation and greenery, near their homes had a mortality rate of 12 percent compared to women with the lowest vegetation near the home levels, researchers said.
"The ability to examine the relatively small details vegetation to many houses, taking into account the characteristics of each of the participants is a key to this study," Bonnie Joubert NIEHS said.
The results were published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
