Abstract: ObjectiveTo examine health status of aging people in rural area of Lhasa city for the improvement of health education and health care in aging people.MethodsMulti-stage stratified random sampling was used to select 298 people aged 60 years or older from 17 villages in Lhasa city.Trained interviewers administered face-to-face survey in the elder people.ResultsAmong the elderly,79.2%(236/298) were illiterate and 42.6%(127/298) had chronic diseases with a two-week illness prevalence of 45.5%.The top five diseases in the eldenly with chronic diseases were arthritis(37.0%,47/127),hypertension(26.8%,34/127),heart disease(18.9%,24/127),gastroenteritis(13.4%,17/127),and biliary tract disease(8.7%,11/127).The rates of smoking and alcohol drinking were higher in men than in women.The rate of physical examination (22.1%) in the rural women was higher than in the men with a significant defference (χ²=4.844,P<0.005).ConclusionThe physical condition of elderly people in the rural of Lhasa is not good and health education on healthy life style should be promoted among the population.