(Xinhua) BEIJING — The suicide rate among the elderly living in urban areas rose to a worrying high in recent years, as China saw increases in the age of its population, an expert warned at a seminar held in Peking University recently.<\/p>\n
The suicide rate among elderly Chinese residing in urban areas and aged from 70 to 74, for example, surged to 33.76 per 100,000\u00a0population each\u00a0year during the 2002-2008 period, up from 13.39 per 100,000 in the 1990s, said Jing Jun, professor from the Department of Sociology at Tsinghua University.<\/p>\n
Among others, rising medical costs and hardship after relocations contributed to increasing despair among the elderly, said Jing.<\/p>\n
Many of China’s urban elders had lived in the old quarters of the cities, which have faced mass demolitions as China pushed for a quick modernization of its cities.<\/p>\n
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