A college degree and one’s mortality would seem to have little to do with each other. One is an academic title conferred by colleges and universities upon the completion of a course of study; the other is the susceptibility to death. While the former has proven to influence one’s career, salary and life trajectory, some clever studies have found links between higher education and better health outcomes.
大学学位和一个人的死亡率看起来彼此不相关：一个是在大学完成课程学习后授予的学术头衔；另一个则是“对死亡的易感”。虽然前者已经被证明会影响一个人的职业、薪资和人生轨迹，但一些研究发现，接受高等教育与更好的健康状况之间存在联系。
1. Lower mortality rates 降低死亡率
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mortality rates for those with at least some level of college education are less than half of those without any college education (deaths per 1,000 individuals per year).
根据疾病控制和预防中心的数据，至少受过某种程度大学教育的人的死亡率少于没受过大学教育的人的一半（每年每一千名死亡者中）。
Another, by UCLA economist Adriana Lleras-Muney, found that state laws requiring children to obtain a higher level education actually lengthened. Those who had one additional year of education by 1960 increased their life expectancy by 1.7 years at age 35.
另一项加州大学洛杉矶分校经济学家Adriana Lleras-Muney的研究发现，州法律中要求孩子接受更高层次教育的时间实际延长了。截至1960年，接受过一年再教育的人到35岁时预期寿命增加了1.7岁。
2. Less mental health issues
精神健康问题减少
Another independent report commissioned by the UK Presidency of the EU in 2006 found: “People with a lower level of education, a lower occupational class, or a lower level of income tend to die at a younger age, and to have a higher prevalence of most types of health problems.”
2006年欧盟轮值主席国英国委托的另一份独立报告显示：“教育水平较低、职业阶层较低或收入水平较低的人往往更易在年轻时死亡，而且他们中的大多数存在各种健康问题。”
This includes higher suicide rates, particularly among men, as well as anxiety and depression.
这包括较高的自杀率（尤其男性），以及焦虑和抑郁。
3. Fewer functional limitations
功能受限型疾病更少
The same report also found that since physical and mental health problems tend to be higher, so is the prevalence of functional limitations. Various forms of disability also tend to be higher.
同一份报告还发现，由于身心健康问题出现概率更高，功能受限（疾病）的发生率也更高。同样发生率较高的还有各种形式的残疾。
4. Lower risk of serious health conditions
严重健康问题的风险更低
This refers to conditions like stroke, diseases of the nervous system, diabetes mellitus and arthritis – all of which are more prevalent among the lower socio-economic group. However, the same was not true in the prevalence of self-reported cancer, kidney diseases and skin diseases.
这（严重健康问题）是指中风、神经系统疾病、糖尿病、关节炎等疾病，这些疾病在较低的社会经济群体中更为普遍。而在自我报告的癌症、肾病和皮肤病的发生率中，情况却并非如此。
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