Life expectancy rises in China

 BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's average life expectancy¹ rose to 74.83 years as of the end of 2010, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The NBS used data from the sixth national census² to calculate the figure, which is 3.43 years greater than that of 2000, the NBS said Thursday.

A spokesman for the NBS population department said life expectancy will continue to climb due to improved medical services amid the country's rapid economic growth.

Analyzed³ by gender⁴, the average life expectancy among Chinese men was 72.38 years, 2.75 years longer than that of 2000. Meanwhile, the average life expectancy for Chinese women rose 4.04 years to 77.37 years.

The female-male gap widened to 4.99 years in 2010 from 3.7 years in 2000, according to the NBS.

Data provided by the NBS showed that while the average global life expectancy was 69.6 years in 2010, those living in high-income countries or regions enjoyed an average lifespan of 79.8 years.

China's population grew to 1.33 billion people as of the end of the sixth census last year, 73.9 million more than that of 2000, when the fifth census was conducted, according to figures released by the NBS last year.

The census data showed that the number of Chinese people aged⁵ 60 or above stood at 118.85 million in 2010, accounting⁶ for 13.26 percent of the total population.

A human rights action plan released by the Chinese government in June predicted that the number of Chinese people aged above 65 will rise sharply to 323 million, or more than 23 percent of the nation's population, by 2050.

1 expectancy   

n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额

参考例句：

• Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
• The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。

2 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

3 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

6 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。