简介:OnOctober11,2012,MinistryofPublicHealthheldaroutinepressconference.KongLingzhi,DeputyDirectorGeneralofBureauforDiseaseControlandPreventionofMinistryofPublicHealthintroducedrelevantworkinelderlyhealthcare.Kongsaidthenumberoftheagingpopulationagedover60inChinahadreached178millionbytheendof2010,accountingfor13.26%ofthetotalpopulation;andthoseagedover65hadreached119million,accountingfor8.9%ofthetotalpopulation.Chinaistheonlynationintheworldwithmorethan100millionoldpeople.CharacteristicsofpopulationaginginChinaarelargepopulationsize,fastpopulationgrowthandadvancedage.Incidenceand