Wuhan faces the challenge of aging population

Wuhan faces the challenge of aging population
News of Jingchu net (the newspaper of city of sky above Hubei and Hunan) The Chung Yeung Festival in the community of city one of river " The dinner of respecting the elderly " Reporter Chen Yong takes the photograph
Staff reporter Yang Lei Reporter The moustache Zhejiang is big Intern Xu Xin
Live the intersection of Wuhan and the intersection of city and XiuHua Xu, green hill of district, file an application with residents committee, handle " Wuhan the intersection of city and old person give special consideration to the card " last month . Xu XiuHua is 60 years old this year, has already stridden into the elderly's ranks formally.
Come from Wuhan agedly and do and latest survey statistics of this municipal public security bureau - -By the end of last year, old population has been already up to 1,147,000 people over Wuhan, this means that one is old person in every 7 people.
Wuhan city aged to do, survey and study the intersection of the Changjiang River and gram loose, say Wuhan senilization intensity is being accelerated everywhere with regulation, increase about 50,000 people every year from 2006, old man's growth rate exceeds more than 6 times of total people's growth rate of Wuhan over 60. He says, as the living standard of Wuhan is improved constantly, medical treatment is ensured,etc. the social security is being improved constantly, the elderly's quantity will also increase. Meanwhile, first child-bearing peak period of our country (born in the fifties of last century) Population,it is about it stride old threshold. These two respect factors are superposed, the senilization trend of Wuhan will be also aggravated, may reach the highest peak value by 2015.
The United Nations international population learn, propose, act as one country or people's proportion is up to several 10% of population over the district 60, such a society calls that " The aged society " . Wuhan entered the senilization society in 1996. Aging population is served etc. and challenges social security, medical care, living out one's life in retirement. Accelerate ageing Wuhan, is facing such a challenge.
Senilization society, what will be brought?
As senilization is accelerated, respect pressures three such as social security faced in Wuhan, medical care, supporting parents to serve,etc. increase day by day.
Jiang KeSong says, the old man increases, the city supports parents and ensures the pressure to increase. The statistics show, 1980, the whole country on-the-job worker and retired personnel support than 13: 1,And is expected by 2020, the retiree who gets pension will exceed 100 million people, will raise when the time comes the proportion will be up to 2.5: 1. That is to say every 2.5 on-the-job personnel want, support first retired person.
Some countries abroad, when it entered senilization society, the country has been already relatively developed, economy is influential. The state that and China faces is " Not rich and old first" .
Jiang KeSong says, this problem brought is that medical treatment of city ensures facing the challenge. Ministry of Public Health once counted, the ill rate of the elderly's chronic disease was 3.2 times that of all people's ill rate over 60. The difficult to see the doctor, scorn disease for of the elderly but at present is still a general phenomenon.
He mention old population increase, the intersection of only-child and policy, let " the 421 family " at the same time More and more, need social pension badly to supplement, but socialize and support parents at present preparation is not sufficient enough. The organization, condition of supporting parents,etc. can't totally satisfy the demands to support parents. It is reported Wuhan city every hundred the intersection of city and old man have 1.28 support parents berth only on average. Organization facilities are simple and crude, unable to meet the modern demand of supporting parents to mostly support parents.
Professor Zhou YunQing, chief of Wuhan University sociology research institute, points out, the empty nest old man's family increases now, the empty nest old man needs government and society more care, help their life, conciliate their cultural life.
Watch to the elderly in Wuhan from the figure
During 1,147,000 old population in the whole city: The elderly account for the intersection of the elderly and 53.32% of total number 60-69 low age such as year old; The elderly account for 33.99% age in 70-79 years old; The elderly account for 12.68% at advanced age over 80, the elderly are 800 people over 100 among them.
In old population over the whole city 60, 7 pieces of old population of central urban district account for 58.9% of the total number of the elderly in the whole city, 6 pieces of far old population of urban area account for 41.1%.
Big mountain area gather because of university, more, old population 9.43% in proportion, Wuhan only to enter urban area of senilization by young people.
Old gender proportions of people: The proportions 1 of men and women over 60: 1.07.
Wish of the elderly of three rivers city
In the morning of March 12, spotting, Zhu XianPing stands under liberating three open door eaves of a pharmacy of way crossing of main road with hands clasped behind back, watch other old men playing chess. It is flat for 72 -year-old Zhu Xian to nearly come here every day. This is a slice of land of happiness where nearby the old men assemble and play chess, play card and chat. The reporter asks: "Such a rainy day, have one indoor place may let the intersection of old man and activity? " Zhu XianPing says with a smile: "Where to go? Mahjong room that only charged. " This road was had " Old man's activity centre " It lasts more than 10 years in this way, become that understands and enlarges a line of scenery on one.
Like many other old men, Zhu Xian's flat life is simple and dull. He gets up at 6 o'clock in the early morning of every day, go to the river beach of Hankow to do exercises, then come here and see people play chess, came back home to have a meal at noon, came here again in the afternoon, slept very early after having supper and watching TV in the evening. Once in a while, he will go out to fish, the only hobby of now that this is him.
Wish: Though there are free open spaces such as river beach, park of Hankow,etc., have offered the playground to the elderly, place that the elderly move about nearby can be very much difficult to find. Family of old age of star light which some communities set up has already been diverted to other purpose too before this. Hope the elderly's playgrounds can be more.
66 -year-old Zhang Yong is just expensive problem of seeing the doctor that the old man was most afraid. Though there is medical insurance, last year, he was in hospital for two times, spent more than 7000 yuan. A little over Zhang Yong to monthly income of 1000 yuan just, this was not a little figure. " small disease can hold out, non- in hospital, just buy some medicines " .
Wish: The elderly's life, medical treatment are more secure, lighten the financial burden of the elderly.
In the university for the aged of river bank, the old man Zhou Qing 66 years old who enters for model's class says, she has thought of looking for an old people's home for one's own mother, after seeing the conditions of several old people's homes, she is greatly disappointed, give up the thought of sending mother to the old people's home. She says " the problem of facilities of supporting parents needs solving as soon as possible " . Because there are many applicants, the university for the aged where one stays seems a bit crowded in week. She hopes too the government can support and build more universities for the aged.
Wish: The elderly's service facility is more complete.
By the look of wish of several old persons in Wuhan, the expecting much of everybody, hope one's own life is more secure, the life content is more abundant. On already city of senilization, obviously there are a lot of things to be done this 13 years ago.
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