Ukuhlala etafuleni lakho isikhathi eside kungandisa ingozi yokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Ososayensi bahlaziye imininingwane evela ezifundweni ezivela emazweni angama-54: isikhathi esichithwe endaweni yokuhlala amahora angaphezu kwamathathu ngosuku, ubukhulu besibalo sabantu, inani lokufa kwabantu kanye namatafula e-actuary (amatafula empilo ahlanganiswe ezinkampanini zomshuwalense ngenani labomshwalense nokufa). Imiphumela yocwaningo yashicilelwa kwi-American Journal of Preventive Medicine (American Journal of Zokuvimbela Medicine).
Abantu abangaphezu kwama-60% emhlabeni wonke bachitha ngaphezu kwamahora amathathu behleli ngosuku. Abaphenyi balinganisela ukuthi lokhu kube nomthelela ngandlela-thile ekufeni kwabantu abangama-433 minyaka yonke phakathi kuka-2002 no-2011.
Ososayensi bathole ukuthi, ngokwesilinganiso, emazweni ahlukene, abantu bachitha cishe amahora angama-4,7 ngosuku behleli phansi. Balinganisela ukuthi ukwehla ngo-50% ngalesi sikhathi kungaholela ekwehliseni u-2,3% kuzo zonke izimbangela zokufa kwabantu.
"Le yimininingwane ephelele kunazo zonke kuze kube manje," kusho umlobi oholayo uLeandro Resende, umfundi wobudokotela e-University of São Paulo School of Medicine, "kodwa asazi ukuthi kukhona yini ubudlelwano obuyimbangela." Yize kunjalo, noma kunjalo, kuyasiza ukuphazamisa ukuhlala okunganyakazi etafuleni: “Kunezinto esikwazi ukuzenza. Sukuma kaningi ngangokunokwenzeka. "
Isixhumanisi phakathi kwesikhathi esichithwe sihleli nokufa sitholakele nakwezinye izifundo. Ikakhulukazi, labo abasukuma ezihlalweni zabo imizuzu emibili nje ngehora ukuhamba banokwehla okungu-33% engcupheni yokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi uma kuqhathaniswa nabantu abahlala cishe njalo (funda kabanzi ngalokhu lapha).
Ngakho-ke zama ukunyakaza kaningi ngangokunokwenzeka usuku lonke. Lezi zeluleko ezilula zizokusiza ukuthi uhlale usebenza ngenkathi usebenza ngokugcwele ehhovisi.