Abstract
Life expectancy of the elderly is a significant problem in China, and it changes not only the health care, but also the pension. This study used tracking data from the Chinese Urban and Rural Elderly Population Survey to calculate the age-specific Active Life Expectancy (ALE) of the Chinese elderly population aged 60 years and over. For analysis, this population was divided into different sub-populations according to gender, census register and region. The main conclusions of our study are as follows: 1) The quality of life for elderly males may be greater than that for elderly females; 2) There were significant differences in Active Life Expectancy (ALE) and Inactive Life Expectancy (ILE) between urban and rural elderly; 3) The differences in ALE between the eastern, central and western regions of China were not significant; and 4) The increased remaining life expectancy of the elderly was mainly attributed to the extended ALE in the lower age group and the expanded ILE in the higher age group. This study expands the knowledge of Chinese elderly’s life expectancy in different health status.
Highlights
Aging is one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century in China
The health condition was divided into three states: Active, Inactive and Death, and the states were defined by ADLS: eating, dressing, bathing, using the toilet, indoor activities, and continence
We can combine the ADLS and additional indicators together, and the inactive state could be divided into two states, including partial self-care and complete lack of self-care, which would enable calculation of life expectancy in four states: healthy, partial self-care, complete lack of self-care and death
Summary
Aging is one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century in China. Data from the 2010 Sixth National Population Census showed that the Chinese population aged 60 years and above reached 177.6 million, whichHow to cite this paper: Gao, P. Aging is one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century in China. Data from the 2010 Sixth National Population Census showed that the Chinese population aged 60 years and above reached 177.6 million, which. (2016) New Characteristics of Active Life Expectancy of the Elderly in China. Li represents 13.26% of the total population, and that the Chinese population aged 65 years and above reached 118.8 million, or 8.87% of the total population. These proportions are expected to increase rapidly over the 40 years
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