Health status and diseases of elderly employees at Huu Nghi Hospital in 2004-2005

ABSTRACT

A total of 446 elderly employees admitted to Dai Lai Sanatorium were medically examined at Huu Nghi Hospital in 2004-2005. The results showed that the rates of health status classification were 3.79% at degree B1, 40.31% at degree B2, 55.01 % at degree C, and 0.89% at degree D. Four highest diseases were at cardiovascular (54.04%), genitourinary (43.50%), digestive (36.32%) and musculoskeletal system (22.20%). The rates of endocrinological metabolic disorders and musculos-keletal diseases among obesity people with BMI > 25 were higher than that of the others with p<0.05 and p< 0.02, respectively.