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DOI:10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70162-X
Ticking time bomb faced by China's ageing population
Jane Qiu
China has 6 million patients with dementia and, with a rapidly ageing population, is estimated to have 1 million new cases every year. Faced with this ticking time bomb, it is crucial for the government to plan policy and allocate health and welfare resources for the future. Jane Qiu reports.
Mr Feng was crouching in a dark corner, indifferent to the visitors. At the age of 80, he did not recognise his family most of the time and relied on his daughter-in-law, Mrs Liu, for basic daily needs. “What can you do?” sighed Mrs Liu, who left her job as a teacher to be a full-time carer. “People get old and this is what they become. It's normal.” Mr Feng was one of the 34807 people over 55 years old visited by Zhang Zhen-xin, a neurologist at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and her team during a 6-year epidemiological study on the prevalence of dementia in China.
“This was the typical perception of dementia at the time”, explains Zhang. “Many doctors couldn't diagnose the condition correctly even in the face of the most obvious symptoms.” For a long time, dementia was regarded as a disease of developed countries and so was not an issue in China. Some people suggested that this was due to genetic disposition of the Chinese population, whereas others argued that dementia was a result of industrialisation. However, Zhang's results are alarming and have forever changed the landscape of dementia, not only in China but also worldwide.
Zhangand colleagues found that the prevalence of dementia in China is similar to that in developed countries. This amounts to 6 million people with dementia in China, constituting a quarter of all such patients in the world. With China's rapidly ageing population, the number is rising quickly. There are estimated to be more than 1 million new cases in China every year—that is, two new cases of dementia every minute. “We are faced with a ticking time bomb”, says Zhang. “The government must begin to plan policy and allocate health and welfare resources for the future.” 本人认领此文，若48小时未提交译文，请其他战友自由认领。 Lancet Neurology 2007; 6:582-583
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DOI:10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70162-X
Ticking time bomb faced by China's ageing population
中国老龄化人口面临着定时炸弹
Jane Qiu
China has 6 million patients with dementia and, with a rapidly ageing population, is estimated to have 1 million new cases every year.
中国现有六百万痴呆病人，随着老龄人口的增加，现在每年有一百万新增病例。
Faced with this ticking time bomb, it is crucial for the government to plan policy and allocate health and welfare resources for the future. Jane Qiu reports.
Jane Qiu报道说：“面对这个定时炸弹，对政府来说为将来的发展制定政策，合理分配保健和福利资源是非常重要的。
Mr Feng was crouching in a dark corner, indifferent to the visitors. At the age of 80, he did not recognise his family most of the time and relied on his daughter-in-law, Mrs Liu, for basic daily needs.
冯先生在一个黑暗的角落里弯着腰，对访客很冷淡。80岁的他大部分时间不认识家人，靠他的儿媳刘女士维持基本日常生活。
“What can you do?” sighed Mrs Liu, who left her job as a teacher to be a full-time carer. “People get old and this is what they become. It's normal.”
刘女士说：“我能怎么办呢？”她已经辞职回来做全职护理了。她说“人一变老就会成这个样子了，这很正常。”
Mr Feng was one of the 34807 people over 55 years old visited by Zhang Zhen-xin, a neurologist at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and her team during a 6-year epidemiological study on the prevalence of dementia in China.
北京协和医学院医院神经病学家张真欣和她的团队在为时6年的对中国痴呆情况进行的流行病研究中，拜访了34807位55岁以上的老年人，冯先生是其中一位。
“This was the typical perception of dementia at the time”, explains Zhang. “Many doctors couldn't diagnose the condition correctly even in the face of the most obvious symptoms.”
张解释说：“这是典型的感官痴呆，即使面对非常明显的症状，许多医生还是不能做出正确的诊断。”
For a long time, dementia was regarded as a disease of developed countries and so was not an issue in China.
很长一段时间，老年痴呆被认为是一种发达国家的疾病，在中国不会发生。
Some people suggested that this was due to genetic disposition of the Chinese population, whereas others argued that dementia was a result of industrialisation.
有些人认为这是由于中国人口的遗传倾向，不过有些人认为痴呆是工业化的结果。
However, Zhang's results are alarming and have forever changed the landscape of dementia, not only in China but also worldwide.
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