Analysis of Health Examination Results for Elderly Aged 65 and above in Xiamen in 2022
Chen Youlan
Wu Ahua
Lou Qun
Zhang Haixia
Huang Jiankang
Abstract：OBJECTIVE To understand the health status of the elderly in Xiamen and provide a basis for community health man-agement of the elderly.METHODS Summarize and analyze the health examination results of 265 140 elderly people aged 65 and above in Xiamen in 2022.RESULTS The main physical examination abnormalities of the elderly in Xiamen were:central obesity(65.47％),abnormal electrocardiogram(54.74％),confirmed hypertension(46.97％),abnormal liver function(39.7％),and over-weight(39.2％).Centrally obese women were higher than men(x2=6.311,P=0.012),the incidence of central obesity in elderly peo-ple with normal BMI was 28.96％.The blood pressure control rate of hypertensive patients was 64.92％,and the incidence of hyper-tension in the general population was 24.29％.The control rate of blood sugar in diabetes patients was 41.50％,and the incidence of hyperglycemia in the general population was 20.43％.85.59％of elderly people suffer from one or more chronic diseases,while 62.85％still suffer from two or more chronic diseases.CONCLUSION The prevalence of chronic diseases among the elderly in Xia-men is high,and the problem of commodities is prominent.Comprehensive intervention measures should be taken to achieve joint management,prevention,treatment,and reduction of multiple diseases among the elderly.
Keywords：65 years old and aboveelderlyhealth examinationcomorbidity
Publication Date：2023-12-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 13-17 )