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the 2024 edition of the health report for people aged 60 and over was jointly released by china taiping life insurance company limited, ikang and the china health economics research center of peking university. it aims to analyze the health status of the elderly population aged 60 and over in china. the report is based on the physical examination data of 604,362 people, revealing the health status, disease distribution, health risk factors and intervention measures of the elderly population.

key findings include:

- there are more than 190 million elderly people suffering from chronic diseases, and about 40 million disabled or partially disabled elderly people, highlighting the problem of "longevity but unhealthy life".

- the health awareness of the elderly is gradually increasing, but the risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes has not been effectively improved.

- physical examination data showed that the detection rates of carotid artery abnormalities, thyroid nodules, osteopenia/osteoporosis, increased body mass index and fatty liver were over 50%.

- the cancer detection rate was at least 2.91%, with lung cancer, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and liver cancer being the most common types of cancer.

- apoe gene testing for alzheimer's disease shows that people carrying the apoe ε4 allele have a higher risk of developing the disease.

- artificial intelligence fundus health assessment found that the detection rate of fundus abnormalities in people aged 60 and above was as high as 98.08%.