WHO releases 10 sets of latest health data
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Last Update: 2013-09-13
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Source: Internet
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13 years have passed since the 21st century What is the overall situation of global health? Recently, the World Health Organization released 10 sets of latest data on the state of global health 3500 people die in car accidents every day The data of 10 groups of global health status are as follows: 1 Since 1990, the global life expectancy has increased by 6 years, and the average baby born in 2011 can live to 70 years old; 2 About 7 million children under 5 years old die every year; 3 Premature birth is the main killer of newborn in the world, and 15 million babies (about 1 / 10 of babies) are born prematurely every year (born and survived before 37 weeks of pregnancy), Premature birth complications cause more than 1 million deaths every year; 4 Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in the world, three out of every 10 deaths worldwide are caused by cardiovascular disease, which can cause heart attack and stroke; 5 About 70% of the total HIV / AIDS deaths in 2011 occurred in sub Saharan Africa; 6 Almost 800 women die of pregnancy and childbirth complications every day; 7 Suppression Mental health disorders such as depression are one of the 20 major causes of disability worldwide; 8 Hearing loss, vision problems and mental disorders are the most common causes of disability; 9 About one in 10 adults has diabetes; 10 Nearly 3500 people die in car accidents every day Niu Wenyi, a professor at the school of public health, Peking University Medical Department, who has more than 100 million diabetics in China, told reporters that these 10 sets of data reflect the global health situation, slightly different from the specific situation in China: First of all, China's average life expectancy has now reached 73.5 years, of which the average life expectancy in the eastern coastal areas is higher Our current goal is to increase the average life expectancy in China by another year during the 12th Five Year Plan period The average life expectancy from the early days of liberation to the present 73.5 years has exceeded the world average level, which is enough to see the achievements of China's health industry in these years Life expectancy is an important indicator to measure a country's health level, and the key to affect the level of this indicator is neonatal death As in the world, China also pays attention to the health of mother and child through the improvement of health system and effective treatment Now we propose to "focus on 1000 days of life", that is, to focus on the health of infants from birth to about 3 years old, especially in poor areas For the risk of premature delivery of newborn and delivery of pregnant women, China has started to train the birth control and delivery personnel in remote mountainous areas to reduce the maternal and infant mortality; in addition, improving the proportion of in-hospital delivery and implementing more than five prenatal examinations are also one of the effective ways to reduce the maternal and neonatal mortality Secondly, diabetes in China has been blowout in the past 10 years At present, the number of diabetes patients in China has exceeded 100 million It has the same pathological background as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases - "metabolic syndrome" Their health risk factors are caused by diet, among which cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have become the number one killer of Chinese people Third, although in China, AIDS is in a period of rapid growth, but the more serious infectious diseases are tuberculosis, hepatitis B and so on Among them, the absolute number of TB cases ranks the second in the world, only after India For the prevention and control of infectious diseases, we need to further strengthen social health education Finally, we need to pay attention to depression, which is developing faster than we think Experts predict that by 2020, the total number of patients with mental disorders in China will rise to the first in the world According to Niu Wenyi, the most important part of self-care consciousness, with the progress of modernization, living conditions are getting better and better, but health problems are becoming more and more serious Both the government and the society have the responsibility to improve the health awareness of the whole people, manage the risk factors of common diseases scientifically, and intervene and treat effectively Niu Wenyi called on everyone to be the first person responsible for their own health To improve the health literacy of each of us is better than a panacea.
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