Two-Week Prevalence of Disease Among the Rural Elderly — 6 Provinces, China, 2018−2019

What is already known about this topic? As population aging becomes serious in China, the elderly health problems stand out prominently. The 2-week prevalence of the elderly is rising year by year, but it has been rarely studied for the rural seniors in the central and western China. What is added b...

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Autores principales: Xu, Tong, Han, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Preplanned Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34594749
http://dx.doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2020.184
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description What is already known about this topic? As population aging becomes serious in China, the elderly health problems stand out prominently. The 2-week prevalence of the elderly is rising year by year, but it has been rarely studied for the rural seniors in the central and western China. What is added by this report? The 2-week prevalence rate of rural elderly in the central and western China is 28.5%, and it varies among different ethnic groups. The top prevalence is chronic diseases, and the severity of diseases is higher in female and high age group (80-year-old and over) people. What are the implications for public health practice? Considering the health status, health awareness and ethnic differences of the elderly in the central and western China, medical and health resources should be rationally allocated to prevent and treat chronic diseases and support differentiated health services. This is of great significance for the development of health service plan.
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spelling pubmed-84222192021-09-29 Two-Week Prevalence of Disease Among the Rural Elderly — 6 Provinces, China, 2018−2019 Xu, Tong Han, Hui China CDC Wkly Preplanned Studies What is already known about this topic? As population aging becomes serious in China, the elderly health problems stand out prominently. The 2-week prevalence of the elderly is rising year by year, but it has been rarely studied for the rural seniors in the central and western China. What is added by this report? The 2-week prevalence rate of rural elderly in the central and western China is 28.5%, and it varies among different ethnic groups. The top prevalence is chronic diseases, and the severity of diseases is higher in female and high age group (80-year-old and over) people. What are the implications for public health practice? Considering the health status, health awareness and ethnic differences of the elderly in the central and western China, medical and health resources should be rationally allocated to prevent and treat chronic diseases and support differentiated health services. This is of great significance for the development of health service plan. Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8422219/ /pubmed/34594749 http://dx.doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2020.184 Text en Copyright and License information: Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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title_fullStr Two-Week Prevalence of Disease Among the Rural Elderly — 6 Provinces, China, 2018−2019
title_full_unstemmed Two-Week Prevalence of Disease Among the Rural Elderly — 6 Provinces, China, 2018−2019
title_short Two-Week Prevalence of Disease Among the Rural Elderly — 6 Provinces, China, 2018−2019
title_sort two-week prevalence of disease among the rural elderly — 6 provinces, china, 2018−2019
topic Preplanned Studies
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34594749
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