--FILE--anziani le donne cinesi in chat in un parco nella città di Jilin, a nord-est della Cina di provincia di Jilin, 21 ottobre 2015. Un nuovo studio pubblicato in ambito medico
--FILE--Elderly Chinese women chat in a park in Jilin city, northeast China's Jilin province, 21 October 2015. A new study published in the medical journal The Lancet says life expectancy in China has lengthened dramatically, rising an average of 8.5 years from 1990. Reductions in infectious diseases, diarrhea and infant mortality have delayed premature death. But the lifespan isn't increasing across the entire country, said the study, which focused on mortality from 1990 to 2013. People in less-developed regions like Xinjiang, Qinghai and Guangxi have double the burden of infectious diseases, road injury, stomach cancer and cerebrovascular disease, the study said. Big-city dwellers in Tianjin and Beijing have lower mortality and longer life-spans. Shanghai had the highest life expectancy in China in 2013, 80.2 years for men and 85.2 for women, gaining around six years from 1990 and now comparable to the world's highest life expectancies in Japan and France.
