Shanghai people’s incidence of cancer is the highest in the nation, due to its large number of elderly and the persistence of unhealthy habits like smoking, Shanghai health officials said recently […]
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The number of known AIDS victims among people holding Shanghai residency has increased more than fivefold since 2005, according to a report released recently […]
The average lifespan for Shanghai people reached 81.08 last year – the first time it has passed 81. Infant mortality was three in 1,000 and the pre and post-natal mortality rate for women was 6.68 in 100,000, according to statistics for 2007 just issued by the Shanghai Health Bureau. That’s way above the national average: although Chinese people’s average lifespan has almost doubled since 1949 — shoting up by 36 years and people now live to 71 — other cities in China, like Beijing, will only reach 80 by 2010…