Hong Kong media: Beijing one-fourth times in one's life in a State of non-health and non-health status | _ news

　　Reference news network on June 19, China can expect to live in a new survey, first calculated the average number of years in disabled and seriously ill condition. Survey found Beijing one-fourth of lives spent in a State of disease or infirmity.

According to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, June 17, capital of the Beijing Center for disease control and prevention released the "healthy life expectancy" data, which is an indicator of the World Health Organization recommends.

Healthy life expectancy is calculated by subtracting the average number of years of illness in life expectancy, the average number of years based on the weights of the magnitude of health problems. Over more than 6,000 adults from 6 districts in Beijing as part of the investigation.

Beijing CDC survey found that 18 year old age group from Beijing is 40.2 years of healthy life expectancy. Broken down by gender, life expectancy for males aged 18 to 80 years old, and their remaining health life expectancy at 43.4 years; 18 age female life expectancy up to 84 years old, of their remaining years of healthy life expectancy is 38.

According to official figures last year, life expectancy of Beijing residents up to 81.5 years.

Reports that this means that even if Beijing's more women than men on average live for 4 years, but their number of years of healthy life is less than that of men. The research involved the most common diseases are cancer, followed by arthritis, cerebral vascular disease, heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.

Deng Ying, Director of Beijing disease control center said: "healthy life expectancy results suggest our adult residents in Beijing, while the life expectancy of Beijing residents has reached the level of developed countries in the world, but residents ' quality of life is not very good, due to various factors in our lives there are about 10-20 is in a healthy state. ”

Deng Ying also pointed out that the West less than the average life expectancy of healthy life expectancy of about 10 years, while Beijing 18, studies show "adult females survive in sickness or health as the proportion of the number of years higher than that of the same age group males. Therefore women should pay more attention to their own health and improving the quality of life. "

Sun Yat-sen University said Luo Futian, a Professor of epidemiology, food safety and pollution problems could be the cause of lower life expectancy of Chinese people's health, "health care resources is also a factor. Developed countries has a sound public health system, diseases can be cured prior to the increase, making people healthy and live longer. "

According to Ministry of health data, in 2012, China has more than 260 million people suffering from chronic diseases. Deaths caused by chronic diseases have accounted for 85% of the total national death toll, resulting in the burden of disease has accounted for 70% of the total disease burden.

(Original title: Hong Kong: Beijing one-fourth times in one's life "non-health")

(Edit: SN098)
08:33 June 19, 2014 Reference news