北京人寿命 居中国之首

北京城区人口平均寿命为79.6岁，与新中国成立初期的52.8岁相比增加了26.8岁，居全国之首。

　　北京国际城市发展研究院院长连玉明说，北京居民人均寿命的延长，主要得益于两方面因 素，一是北京医疗设施已接近国际先进水平。目前，北京有医务人员11万，平均每千人拥有医生4.2人，各类大小医院998间，这些都为了北京市居民的长寿 奠定了基础；二是北京城镇基本养老、基本医疗、工伤等社会保险制度的全面推进

note: There are lots of old people lived up to 100 years old in other area such as Okinawa, tibet, Pakistan, Sichuan. However, the ' average' age as shown in Bejing figure showed the good work of modern science and medical technology and facilites available for the population to raised the health standard.
Remote county still suffering from infectious diseases and accidents such as road accidents, flood, etc.