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Shanghai becomes China's 'oldest' city
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-04-09 11:31 SHANGHAI -- Senior citizens account for more than 20 percent of the population of Shanghai, an economic powerhouse in eastern China, a city official said Thursday.
The proportion was 4.8 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Shanghai now has the largest share of the aged in the population among Chinese cities, or twice the national average, according to Gao. Of the 3 million, 17.8 percent were in their 80s and 90s. The proportion was 6.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Of the 534,400 people aged above 80, about 20 percent needed daily care services, according to Gao. |
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