Living in China: Air Quality in Beijing is… well… depends on whom do you ask
I realize that scientify data — sometimes — tends to skew towards where scientists want to, but this one is quite interesting: Read More…
Posts Tagged ‘World Health Organization’
Living in China: 100 Million People with Mental Illness
Huang Yueqin, the director of the China’s National Center for Mental Health and deputy director of the Institute of Mental Health of Peking University, has said that 100 million people, or 7% of the population, suffer from some degree of mental illness, yet only 5% of those afflicted are aware they have a problem. From The Telegraph: Read More…
Living in China: cancer death rate rises 80 percent in 30 years
Caijing Magazine shares some startling statistics on cancer in China, where smoking, poor diet, water pollution and environmental problems have caused the nation’s cancer death rate to rise 80 percent in the past 30 years. The statistics come from an exhaustive survey conducted by the Chinese Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology. According to the survey, cancer is now accountable for 25 percent of all urban deaths and 21 percent of all rural deaths. Read More…
