It's a way of showing in one number that, for example,a diabetic or an obese person died sooner but also had years of poor health.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

To require him to pay, let's say, a third of his earnings to the government to support good causes like food and health care and housing and education for the poor, that's coercion, that's unjust.

假设，让他拿出三分之一的收入,交给政府来支持公益事业,为穷人提供食物，医疗保障，住房和教育，这就是强迫，是不公平的。

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Among all workers, the possibility of someone reporting fair or poor health rose forty-four percent after job loss and workplace closure.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The W.H.O.says most poor countries spend less than one percent of their health budgets on mental health.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

Poverty,malnutrition,overcrowding, lack of clean conditions, pollution and limited health services are all causes of their poor health.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Professor King says loss of culture, land and language all play a part in poor health.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

The United States Public Health Service and Tuskegee Institute in Alabama studied the effects of the disease syphilis on a group of poor African-American men.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

Today most of the deaths are in countries with poor health care.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

"For example, the poor overall health and nutritional status of women.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Charles Darwin had poor health much of his life.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

Germany -- like most of Europe -- has a broad safety net: benefits for the poor and unemployed, universal health care and good pensions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

The U.S.State Department says several of the prisoners were in poor health.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

For example,one question they wanted to answer was whether the loss of quality life years was due to people dying sooner - mortality - or living in poor health - morbidity.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10