我国农村地区老年人群体的健康状况研究

Analysis on the Elder’s Health Conditions in Rural China

今天,健康已经成为人们生活质量的重要组成部分。中国作为世界上老龄化速度最快的国家之一,人口老龄化是本世纪我国遇到的一个重要社会问题。随着老年人口的增加,不仅仅是城市地区,农村老年人群体的健康条件也越来越引起人们的重视。为此,本文使用2005年4月进行的全国性抽样跟踪调查数据,对我国五个省份地区的八百多个五十岁以上的老年人健康进行了调查分析。研究表明,农村地区老年人的身体健康存在明显的性别差异和地区差异,尤其是老年女性的身体健康状况较男性明显落后。

Hcalth is one of the most important part of people＇s life quality. China is a country with serious population aging, which has become a major society problem. With the increasing number of old people, their health has caused everyone＇s concern. This paper uses a data set of 808 rural households level information to evaluate the conditions of older people＇s health. Our results show that there are lots of differences in gender, district and age when we discuss about this problem. However, most older people, especially rural women in backward provinces, are not in good health. All in all, we should pay more attention on them.