Survey of the health conditions and lifestyle among three kinds of occupational groups in Beijing City

Objective To understand the health conditions and lifestyle among civil servants,scientific and technical personnel and enterprise staffs in Beijing City. Methods 1927 persons were sampled randomly by stratified cluster sampling and were investigated by self-administered questionnaires. Results Among 3 kinds of occupational groups,the proportion of the persons who was sub health were 5.0%.The top 5 chronic diseases were hypertension(11.8%),hyperlipidemia(6.9%),gastric ulcer(3.0%),anemia(2.8%) and cardiopathy(2.7%).The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 31.5% and 10.4% respectively.The smoking rates were 24.6%,33.4% and 22.4% respectively among all respondents,civil servants and enterprise staffs.Enterprise staffs had the highest drinking rate in the 3 kinds of occupational groups.Only 78.3% of respondents had breakfast every day.The breakfast-everyday rate of civil servants was the highest one(82.8%).The difference in the intake frequencies of fresh fruits did not has statistical significance among 3 kinds of occupational groups(P0.05).The sleeping duration of enterprise staffs was longer than those of civil servants and scientific and technical personnel.75.2% of staffs had a sleeping duration over 7 hours. Conclusion In the terms of lifestyle,diet habit and health conditions,there still were many healthy problems in this 3 kinds of occupational groups and comprehensive measures should be implemented urgently.