Among people aged 45 or above, 7.2 % of men and 14.8 % of women have diabetes; over 22 % of both sexes over 45 have hyperuricemia (an abnormally high concentration of uric acid in the blood, which may lead to gout); not to mention the one-third of adults with high levels of cholesterol, and the quarter of middle-aged people with high blood pressure.
四十五歲以上的成人中，百分之七．二的男性和百分之十四．八的女性有糖尿病；同年齡層有高尿酸血症（俗稱「痛風」）的比例，兩性均高達百分之二十二以上；更別提三分之一的成年人膽固醇偏高、四分之一的中年人有高血壓了。