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London, they said in a paper published in the
European Heart Journal.
In places where daytime road traffic noise
exceeded 60 decibels, there were four percent
more deaths than in quieter areas where the
noise was 55 decibels or below.
The World Health Organization (WHO) sets 55
decibels as the threshold of community noise
beyond which health problems are possible.
Residents of noisier areas were also five percent likelier to be admitted to hospital with a stroke
— a figure that rose to nine percent among the elderly.
a five-percent increased stroke risk, but only among the elderly.
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The paper took into account factors such as smoking habits, socio-economic status and
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Significant night-time noise from road traffic, ranging from 55 to 60 decibels, was also linked to
ethnicity.
The survey, led by Jaana Halonen from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
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More than 1.6 out of London's 8.6 million inhabitants are exposed to daytime traffic with noise
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covered districts within the M25 motorway which rings the British capital. The study spanned
above 55 decibels, it found.
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Outside commentators said the increased health risk was small but clear.
which are contributors to cardiovascular disease, they said.
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"Public-health policies must pay more attention to this emerging evidence," Francesco
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The findings match other research showing that noise increases blood pressure and stress,
Cappuccio, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Warwick, told Britain's
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