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35% of Beijingers suffer chronic diseases: official
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-03 10:25 At least 35 percent of
Beijingers are suffering from various chronic diseases, a health official said.
While a quarter of Beijingers suffer from high blood pressure, 7.7 percent of
them have diabetes, said Liang Wannian, deputy director of Beijing Health
Bureau, while releasing to the public a report on the average citizens' health
situation.
Liang said last Saturday that ambulances of 120 Emergency Center, the city's
major first-aid facility, made 3,714 trips over the past week. Fifty-one percent
of these trips were dialed for patients who suffered from chronic cardiovascular
and cerebrovascular diseases.
He said there are genetic as well as environmental reasons for chronic
diseases. "We can do little to prevent certain hereditary diseases, but a
healthy lifestyle has proven effective in minimizing the risk for many
diseases," said Liang.
Smoking, drinking, obesity, inadequate exercises and high blood fat are
universally recognized as main risk factors for chronic diseases, he added.
"If these factors are to be controlled, 40 to 70 percent of thechronic
disease sufferers will live a longer life and the incidence rate of high blood
pressure alone will lower by 55 percent," he said.
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