Change of age structure of population and its relationship to development of health business in Henan province

  Objective   To study the change of age structure of popoulation and its relationship to development of health business in Henan Province.

  Methods   To analyse the date of the 3rd, 4th and 5th overall survey of population by SAS software.

  Results   The average increase rate of the population was 1.75% per year during 1982 and 1990, and it was only 0.65% during 1990 and 2000.The age median of population increased 10 years compared with that in 1982.The number of the elderly people aged over 60 years shared 10.17% of all, and the trend was ascending.The cities where lived about 17% people of all had more than 50% health resources of the total.

  Conclusion   The age structure of population changed to the old, and the area health planning must be made immediately.