What is the definition standard of the elderly?

The definition criteria of the elderly are as follows:

The elderly, according to international regulations, people over 60 years old are recognized as the elderly. Article 2 of China's Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly stipulates that the age starting point for the elderly is 60 years old. That is, all China people and citizens who have reached the age of 60 belong to the elderly.

With the aggravation of social aging, there are more and more elderly people in China, accounting for a higher and higher proportion of the population.

The elderly population (≥65 years old) accounts for 8.9% of the total population in 20 10, and reaches 9.4% in 20 12. By the end of 20 14, there were more than 24 million elderly people over 80 years old and nearly 40 million disabled and semi-disabled elderly people in China.

20021May 1 1 Day, the results of the seventh national census showed that the population aged 60 and over in China was 264.02 million, accounting for 18.70%. Among them, the population aged 65 and above is 6.5438+0.9064 million, accounting for 654.38+03.50%. The degree of population aging has further deepened.

China has traditionally had some commendations for the advanced age of the elderly:

Sixty years old: the year of hearing, the year of sixty years old, [qí] ai. In ancient times, a 60-year-old man was called "Spring". Xia Shou: The ancients took 60 as their next birthday.

6 1 year: Celebrate your life.

70 years old: from the year of heart, 70 years old, the year of trailer, the year of employee. Zhongshou: 70 is Zhongshou. [Mao]: There is a folk saying that "people are rare until they are 70 years old".

77 years old: Happy birthday.

80 years old: the year of the dynasty, the year of the dynasty, the year of the eightieth, the umbrella life, [Diye]: refers to the age of eighty or ninety. Middle age: refers to over 80 years old.

88 years old: Mi Shou.

90 years old: longevity, 90 years old is longevity.

99 years old: centenary means 99 years old, and one in a hundred is 99 years old, so it means 99 years old.

100 years old: long life, meaning a hundred years old. Period.

108 years old: Cha Shou, with 20 words above and 88 words below. It adds up to 108 years old.