For three years, the number of aged people older than 60, 65 and 70 years old in Jiangsu Province has kept rising up. By the end of 2017, 17,562,100 aged people older than 60 years old have constituted 22.51 percentage of the total population in Jiangsu.
The Change of the Population of Aged People in Jiangsu (2015-2017)
Except for Yancheng city, the proportion of aged people in the other 12 cities has continually increased for three years. According to the data, the northern area of Jiangsu had a lower population aging level than other areas. However, taking the outflow of labor, a large number of left-behind elderly and many other factors into consideration, the pressure of old-age service in the northern area of Jiangsu was not less than that in southern and middle area.
The Change of Aged People (≥60) Proportion of the Total Jiangsu Population (2015-2017)
In the meantime, the increasing trend of the longevity in Jiangsu was sharp. From 2008 to 2017, the number of centenarians in Jiangsu has increased by 2215 people, and increased to 58 percentage of the total population. The growth number was more than half of the centenarians in 2008.
The Change of the Number of Centenarians in Jiangsu (2008-2017)
According to the Report of Jiangsu Province Elderly Population Information and Aging Trend, it is predicted that from 2029, one in three persons in Jiangsu will be older than 60; By 2052, the number of elderly people will be about 27,433,100, the proportion of which will reach to the peak value, 37.81 percentage; By 2057, the number of aged people over 65 will be about 21,371,900, the proportion of which will reach to the peak value, 30.30 percentage.
The Present Endowment Pattern: Home-based+Community Care & Institution Support
The Home-based+Community Care form is still a developing endowment pattern. Community Old-age Care Center provides daily-care services for semi-disabled elderly who need to be looked after in daily life. Urban and Rural Community Home Care Service Center provides the elderly in community with household service, health management, consolation service and rehabilitation nursing service. The Community Old-age Meal Point mainly solves the eating difficulties of the very elderly people in “Elders Living Alone” families and semi-disabled old people who live in densely inhabited and largely demanded central cities.
Prospective Trend: Combination of Medical Treatment and Endowment
According to the analysis of the date of the death of aged population sample data last year, the death of old people presents an obvious seasonal characteristics. More aged people died in January, February and December (Winter), and the monthly average number was over 40,000. The number of old people who died in May and June were relatively less.
This information shows that the health situation of aged people is closely related to the changing of the seasons and temperature. Professional medical service is still the key area of the old-age care services.
