1. Regional development is unbalanced.
China's economic development is extremely unbalanced. The gap between the eastern coastal area and the western inland area, the gap between the plain area and the plateau mountain area, and the gap between the city and the countryside all exist objectively. Many netizens spend a long time surfing the Internet and read a lot of big data, so there is always an illusion that China is already developed.
In fact, by the end of 20 16, there were still 797 million people living in rural areas in China, unable to enjoy high-quality medical services in the city; There are also 70 1.7 million poor people, who can't fully meet their daily nutritional intake, but can only achieve the most basic food and clothing.
For example, among the provinces and cities, the average life expectancy of Shanghai and Beijing, which rank highest, is 80 years, while that of Qinghai, Yunnan and Tibet, which rank lowest, is only 69 years, with a difference of 1 1 year.
2. Environmental pollution is harmful to health
At present, the pollution problem that China people are most concerned about is the smog in winter. In fact, as early as a few years ago, many professors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University, Peking University and Hebrew University in Jerusalem published papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, saying that the research results are realistic, because outdoor air pollution will reduce the life expectancy of 500 million China people living north of the Huaihe River by 2.5 billion years. Today, the influence of smog on people's life span and the incidence of major diseases have become taboos in domestic medical circles.
China is one of the countries with the most serious smog pollution among the major countries in the world, and its severity is probably second only to that of India. However, in the field of medical research on the influence of smog on human body, due to some irresistible factors, China's medical field is still extremely backward in this respect, which cannot be compared with developed countries such as Europe, America and Japan.
Besides smog, other pollution in China is also very serious. Groundwater and surface water from lakes, rivers and reservoirs have been maintained in five categories or even worse for a long time. Although they have gradually improved in recent years, it still needs a lot of manpower, financial resources and time to improve greatly.
Soil pollution is also a big dilemma that we have to face. For air pollution, we can use indoor air purifiers, wear smog masks and even stay indoors. No matter how serious the water pollution is, it is treated by sewage treatment plants and reclaimed water plants. Many people also have filters. In most cases, we are unlikely to drink polluted water. It's just that soil pollution has a problem that everyone can't avoid: people have to eat food.
It can be said that serious environmental pollution is also a major threat to people's lives and health in China.
3. China people's awareness of health care is weak.
Although the network, especially the WeChat circle of friends of middle-aged and elderly people, is full of a large number of health articles, in fact, the overall health awareness of Chinese people is very weak.
The first is eating habits. China people's eating habits are very unhealthy. Like to eat greasy things, like to drink a lot, like to eat supper, these are very unfavorable to human health.
Secondly, lack of exercise. China people, especially teenagers, are increasingly troubled by obesity. Obesity not only induces many diseases, but also has a negative impact on human health.
Third, the lack of scientific means of health. Many health programs and articles on TV and Internet often lack scientific basis. The so-called experts talk about Kan Kan on TV, not so much keeping in good health as selling health care products, and these health care products rarely really work. Their greatest function is to eat undead.
There are many so-called secret recipes for health preservation, and the theory of traditional Chinese medicine has not been verified by modern medicine. Even many health-preserving methods rely on the so-called "five elements theory", which has long been abandoned by modern medical theory. What's more, the so-called random guidance of Chinese medicine and health experts has led to cases of blind followers of "Chinese herbal medicine nephropathy" and even renal failure and liver failure.
4. Food safety hazards still exist.
Sudan red, melamine, waste oil, saccharin sodium, clenbuterol, methanol, poisoned soybean milk, etc. 06- 10 was the high incidence period of food safety accidents in China, and the cases that occurred at this stage are still vivid. Although in recent years, with the strict law enforcement of relevant state departments, large-scale food safety accidents have become less and less, but small-scale food safety problems are still widespread.
Almost every city and county has small workshops for illegal food processing, which produce toxic "black-hearted" food and flow into the market at will, endangering the personal safety of consumers. These small workshops have always been the cancer of food safety and the difficulty of food safety law enforcement. There is still a long way to go before it is completely eliminated.
5. Conclusion
There are many reasons why the average life expectancy of China people is much lower than that of developed countries. We must also realize that China is still a developing country and there are still many problems to be solved.