Survey and Analysis of Physical Feature and Fitness of Mid-aged and Elderly People (45-69) in Yantai City

In order to have an overall understanding of fitness of adults in Yantai city, in 2000 from June to August, a special inspection group was organized to make tests on 988 urban and rural subjects (male 499 and female 489) for 8 physical index and 2 mechanical index. The subjects were sampled randomly from Zhifu, Fushan and Muping districts in Yantai city, and their ages ranged from 45 to 69. The inspection results are compared between those of the urban subjects and those of the rural ones, providing reliable data for the construction of the national people's physique monitoring system and database.