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【选注者言:自己吓自己也会吓死人！美国科学家在《英国医学杂志》上报告说,认为数字4不吉利的部分华人和日本人,在每个月4号的死亡率比平常明显要高,其中死于心脏病的几率特别高。在普通话、广东话和日语里,数字4的发音与“死”相近,因此一部分中国人和日本人有一种忌讳数字4的迷信心理,认为逢4的日子不吉利。然而科学家研究表明,这种心理对自己非常有害,甚至可能危及生命。 美国科学家调查了1973年至1998年间近21万名华裔和日裔美国人以及4700多万名美国白人的死亡证明,研究他们的死亡日期。结果发现,每个月4号,华人和日本人死亡的人数比其他日子明显要高。其中死于心脏病的人数高出13％。】
【Elective Note: Scaring yourself will scare people! U.S. scientists report in the British Medical Journal that some Chinese and Japanese people who believe that the number 4 is unlucky have a significantly higher death rate than usual on the 4th of each month. Among them, the chance of dying from heart disease is particularly high. In Putonghua, Cantonese, and Japanese, the pronunciation of the number 4 is similar to that of “death.” Therefore, some Chinese and Japanese have a superstitious mentality of taboo number 4, and think that the days of 4 are not auspicious. However, scientists have shown that this kind of psychology is very harmful to oneself and may even endanger life. American scientists investigated the death certificates of nearly 210,000 Chinese and Japanese Americans and 47 million white Americans from 1973 to 1998 and studied their death dates. It was found that on the 4th of each month, the number of Chinese and Japanese deaths was significantly higher than in other days. The number of people who died of heart disease was 13% higher. 】