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City seniors can almost match Japanese on age 2017-03-28
SHANGHAI officials stepped into an age-old topic yesterday.
The city’s civil affairs authorities revealed the city had 13.5 centenarians per 100,000 permanent residents by the end of last year — 1,959 centenarians in total, and the average life expectancy of local citizens had reached 83.18 years last year.
Shanghai’s senior population in 2016 grew 5 percent from a year earlier, accounting for more than 31 percent of permanent residents.
The city’s civil affairs authorities revealed the city had 13.5 centenarians per 100,000 permanent residents by the end of last year — 1,959 centenarians in total, and the average life expectancy of local citizens had reached 83.18 years last year.
Shanghai’s senior population in 2016 grew 5 percent from a year earlier, accounting for more than 31 percent of permanent residents.
