| Objective1、To explore the impact of natural environment factors such as climate, air, soil, water on the health and longevity of centenarians in Mengshan longeveous areas.2、To further explore the impact of the political, economical, cultural and other social environment factors on the health and longevity of centenarians in Mengshan longeveous areas.3、To find out the relationship between local potable water and the phenomenon of the longevity. The investigation collected the local drinking water samples from towns and villages of Mengshan where centenarians live around according to the collection standard, and the water samples were tested by health analysis and testing center of Shandong University.4、To study the relationship between the longevity phenomenon and air quality in Mengshan by analyzing the local air quality report.5、To improve the environment, lighten the social burden of raising the elderly and provide the theoretical advice of healthy aging through the investigations of social and natural environment of Mengshan longevous areas under the background of the transformation of social development and the arrival of aging society.Methods1、Collect the relative data and research about the impact of natural environment on health and longevity through literature research method.2、Interview with the centenarian, the local residents, the township leadership, environmental workers through field survey method and questionnaire survey method, to explore the genetic, living habits, eating habits, family status, economic conditions, the ecological environment and other factors on the influence of the centenarian longevity and health.3、Collect local drinking water samples in Mengshan longeveous areas where centenarians lived around, test and analyze the water quality, trace elements content as well as other relative index according to the national standards of drinking water.4、Record the questionnaire results, establish the database and do logic work.Using SPSS 19.0 software to analyze the results of the survey.Results1、From the aspects of percentage of centenarians, average life expectancy, we can draw a conclusion that the health level of Mengshan longevity area is higher than the average level in Shandong province.2、The most centenarians in Mengshan longevous area are healthy, few of them have diseases. Thus the disease burden is low.3、The centenarians in Mengshan longevous area live with abundant mentality, most of them feel satisfied with their present life.4、The economic condition of the centenarians in Mengshan longevous area is well, most of them can make ends meet. The centenarians live with their families and often chat with family members and neighbors.5、Family longevity is very common among the centenarians in Mengshan longevous area. The local government and social support for the centenarians play an important role in the elderly work.6、The climate of Mengshan longevous area is agreeable and suitable to live. The air is clean and contain large amount of negative oxygen ion. The living environment is pretty good there.7、The drinking water in Mengshan longevous area can meet the high standard of water put from WHO. (1)Have no toxic chemicals; (2)Abundant in the mineral content, the hardness of water is moderate and rich in a variety of beneficial trace elements; (3)Weakly alkaline; (4)Contain dissolved oxygen; (5)Natural, without artificial processing; (6)Small cluster of water. Close relationship has been found between the longevity phenomenon in Mengshan and the high quality drinking water the local people drank.8、The mean value of the noise monitoring results in Mengshan longevity area is 45.3 dB (A) during the day, and 34.2 dB (A) in the night.9、209 centenarians in Mengshan longevity district live together with their family, including children, grandchildren, daughter-in-law, accounted for 97.66%; 119 old men were in four generations family, accounted for 55.61%;There are 78 old man were in four generations family, accounted for 36.45%; 12 the old man were in four generations family, accounting for 5.61%.147 centenarians have a family history of longevity, accounting for 68.69%, there are 97 old men in the family has the family member aged up to 80-90, accounting for 45.32%,72 old family relatives between 90-100 years old, accounting for 33.68% of the total, there are nine family relatives meet or exceed hundred years old,4.21%.More than 205 Centenarians under the medium family financial condition, accounting for 95.79%;Nine centenarians living conditions is bad, need the government support, accounting for 4.21%.Surveyed of 214 centenarians, there are 183 old man feel their children or grandchildren and other care of them and are filial piety, accounted for 85.51%;There were 20 old man feel children or grandchildren and other basic filial piety, take care of her family for their accounted for 9.35%;Nine centenarians said is bad, don’t think their children is nor filial piety or not filial piety, accounted for 4.20%;Two centenarians think their children or grandchildren not filial piety, accounting for 0.93%.10、The work for elderly in Mengshan longevity area have a system with three level concluding county, township and village, the government has been undertaking the elderly work into the social and economic development plan; The centenarians in Mengshan longevity district receive 1200 yuan per year from government financial subsidies; from the interviews of centenarians’ neighbors,100% of the respondents choose to respect when asked whether to respect old people.Conclusion1、The overall population health level in Mengshan longevous area is higher than the average level in Shandong province according to the percentage of centenarians, per capita life expectancy.2、The centenarians from Mengshan longevous area are in good physical, psychological and social adaptation condition, they are healthy aging population.3、The drinking water in Mengshan longevous area are in line with the world health organization who put forward high quality drinking water standard, mengshan longevity district longevity and health phenomenon have close relationship with the long-term consumption of local high quality drinking water.4、The air in Mengshan longevous area is rich in negative oxygen ions, and the living environment condition is tranquil and sound, the good living environment ensure the local people longevity and health level.5、The family and social endowment environment in Mengshan longevous area is good, children of the centenarians are filial piety, the elderly there can enjoy their life with the official support and household help.6、The longevity and health phenomenon is in close relationship with the good ecological environment and the family and social harmony environment, we can draw lessons from the beneficial environmental factors to ease the burden caused by aging and help reaching social healthy aging. |
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