Original title: health and Health Commission: in 2018, the average life expectancy of health in China is only 68.7 years old, and the health status of the elderly is not optimistic
4hw.org, the national health and Health Commission and other eight departments jointly issued the guidance on the establishment and improvement of the elderly health service system. It is proposed that by 2022, the comprehensive, continuous and urban-rural elderly health service system will be basically established, and the health service needs of the elderly will be basically satisfied.
According to the National Health Commission, the health status of the elderly in China is not optimistic. In 2018, the average life expectancy of the elderly in China is 77.0 years, but the average life expectancy is only 68.7 years.
The national health and Health Commission held a special press conference on November 1, 2019 to introduce the relevant situation of the guidance on the establishment and improvement of the elderly health service system. Wang Haidong, director of the Department of aging health of the National Health Commission, said that at present, China is in the stage of rapid development of population aging. By the end of 2018, the population aged 60 and over reached 250 million.
'the health status of the elderly in China is not optimistic. In 2018, the average life expectancy in China is 77.0 years old, but according to the research, the average life expectancy in China is only 68.7 years old. The proportion of the elderly with more than one chronic disease is as high as 75%, and the number of disabled and partially disabled elderly is more than 40 million. The demand of the elderly for health services is very urgent. 'said Wang Haidong.
In response, eight departments, including the national health and Health Commission, jointly issued the guiding opinions on establishing and improving the elderly health service system (hereinafter referred to as the opinions). It is proposed that by 2022, the comprehensive and continuous elderly health service system covering urban and rural areas will be basically established, and the elderly's health service needs will be basically met.
In order to ensure the implementation of the main objectives and tasks, the opinions put forward three specific quantitative indicators. First, by 2022, more than 50% of the general hospitals at or above the second level will have established geriatric departments. Second, by 2022, more than 80% of comprehensive hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, nursing homes and grass-roots medical and health institutions will become elderly friendly medical and health institutions. Third, by 2022, the proportion of nursing beds in primary medical and health institutions will reach 30%.
Wang Jianye, director of the national geriatric center and President of Beijing hospital, said that China's geriatric discipline has made great progress. In recent years, the research on health and aging has been deepening, and the talent team of geriatrics has grown up gradually. However, compared with some countries that have entered the aging society relatively early, especially some developed countries, Western Europe and Northern Europe, the geriatrics discipline in China has started relatively late, so the development of geriatrics is relatively backward. At present, there are still many problems and challenges War.
Li Zhixin, Secretary of the chronic diseases center of the China Center for Disease Control and prevention, said that according to the national cause of death monitoring system of the chronic diseases center, the top three causes of death for the elderly aged over 65 were cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease and malignant tumor, which accounted for more than 70% of the death of the elderly. According to the monitoring data of chronic diseases and risk factors in China, the prevalence of hypertension in the elderly over 60 years old is as high as 58.3%, and the prevalence of diabetes is as high as 19.4%.
'this data is still the data of several years ago, and the latest data is likely to be higher. According to the data of COPD monitoring in 2014, the prevalence of COPD in the elderly aged 60-69 years old reached 21.2%, and that over 70 years old reached 29.9%. According to the fourth oral epidemiological survey, the rate of complete loss of teeth in the elderly aged 65-74 in China reached 4.5%. The first national epidemiological survey of osteoporosis just completed shows that the prevalence of osteoporosis in the elderly over 65 years old is as high as 32%. From these data, the health status of the elderly is not optimistic. 'said Li Zhixin.