Shandong business daily
according to the latest statistics, more than half of our provinces have 2 aged 60 and older. From the press conference held by the provincial government press office in 24, the reporter learned that the population of 60 years old and above has reached 21 million 373 thousand people, and the proportion is over 21%, and it has entered a moderately aging society. Aging has also brought about a series of problems, such as pension, medical care, protection of rights and interests, and cultural construction. In the next step, measures will be taken in the province to cope with the increase of the aging population. Reporter Yu Na
moderate aging, 21 million 370 thousand older people accounted for more than 21%
"our province has entered a moderate aging society, the number of elderly population is the first in the country, more than 3 million 810 thousand more than second in Jiangsu province." Ding Xibin, the party secretary and director of the provincial Party group, said that in 2017, 21 million 373 thousand people aged 60 and above, accounting for 21.4% of the total population, increased by 0.6 percentage points over the same period, higher than the national average of 4 percentage points; 13 million 998 thousand people were aged 65 years old and above, accounting for 14% of the total population, up 0.8 percentage points from the same period of the same period. The average level of the country is 2.6 percentage points higher.
in the age composition, the age of the elderly (60-69 years old) 12 million 938 thousand people, accounting for 60.5% of the total elderly population; 70-79 year old population 5 million 954 thousand, accounting for 27.8% of the total elderly population; 2 million 481 thousand people aged 80 and above. It accounts for 11.7% of the total population of the elderly. Among the elderly population, there were 10 million 195 thousand males and 47.7% females, 11 million 178 thousand women, accounting for 52.3%, and the ratio of male to female in elderly population was 91.3.