Background:With the rapid development of China’s social economy,the average life expectancy in China continues to increase and the low fertility level continues to exist.The aging of the population is a problem that we have to face.With the increasing surge in the number of aging people,the requirements for medical quality and medical resources get higher.Meanwhile,because of some characteristics of pre-senior,middle-aged people after the age of 45 have also become "susceptible groups" for a variety of diseases.However,there are few comparative studies on the health status of middle-aged and elderly residents in urban and rural areas.Secondly,the urban-rural dual structure of China’s society has led to the imbalance of distribution of medical resources,which has seriously affected the implementation of "Healthy China 2030"plan.It greatly affected the health status of urban and rural residents in China and led to urban-rural differences in health status.Therefore,the health problems of middleaged and elderly people in urban and rural areas should not be ignored by the public but should attract more attention by general practitioners(GPs)and even the whole society.For these reasons,this study performed a cross-section analysis of the situation of the middle-aged and elderly population in urban and rural areas.Data and methods:Combined with the characteristics of urban-rural social dual structure,this study was performed depending on the results of the 2018 China Health and Pension Tracking Survey.We conducted a cross-sectional study on the health status of urban and rural middle-aged and elderly people in 2018,using the probability sampling method which is proportional to the population size to sample 19,000 respondents covered 28 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)in mainland China,and 17,000 samples were screened in the 2018 tracking survey results.The variables were grouped and assigned.Analyses were performed by SPSS software.Result:(1)A more serious degree of aging,lower education level of aging people and more disabled aging people in village than that in urban areas.(2)The prevalence of some Non-infections Chronic Diseases was higher in urban and showed a younger trend.(3)Low awareness of hypertension and diabetes,poor consciousness of monitoring and poor monitoring frequency for these diseases among urban and rural aging people.Conclusion:Based on the results of the 2018 national tracking survey and combined with the characteristics of the dual structure of urban and rural society,we found that the aging of the population is intensifying and the rural areas are more serious.The higher incidence of Non-infections Chronic Diseases in urban areas,higher population of disabled people in rural areas are also reported.Some Non-infections Chronic Diseases showed a younger trend.At last,this study confirmed a high proportion of the people with unhealthy habits.This research provides a theoretical basis for GPs and data references for government decision-making and the implementation of the "Healthy China 2030" policy through analyses of urban-rural healthy differences. |