Using data on national "disease burdens" (life years lost due to infectious diseases) and average intelligence scores, the authors found a striking inverse correlation-around 67 percent.

利用国家“疾病负担”(每年因传染性疾病而死亡的人数)和平均智力分数方面的数据，作者发现了一项惊人的负相关性，大约达到67%。

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They estimated the disease burden from World Health Organisation data on DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) lost caused by 28 infectious diseases.

他们从世界卫生组织由28种传染病导致的伤残调整寿命年（DALYs）损失的数据估计出疾病负担。

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Methods Uses the description epidemiology investigation method to the Lijiang infectious disease and measles epidemic reporting data and the observation system data to carry on the analysis.

方法对丽江市传染病及麻疹疫情报告数据和监测系统数据采用描述流行病学调查方法进行分析。

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Public health authorities have mined medical data to spot the outbreak of infectious disease, and credit-card companies have found fraudulent credit-card purchases with the method, among other applications.

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For this reason, Dr Roberts used a technique called clustering, which has been employed extensively in other situations where census data are lacking, such as studying infectious disease in poor countries.

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Doctors would be able to use the data to gain a head start in treating and isolating outbreaks of infectious disease - an area where speed is crucial if death rates are to be minimised.

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