More than 1,300 elderly people go missing in China every day -- 500,000 per year, a new report claims.
一份最新报告显示：我国每年走失老人约50万人，平均每天就有超过1300名老人走失。
Senior citizens aged 65 or over account for up to 80% of missing elderly person cases, according to the Zhongmin Social Assistance Institute under the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
"This is obviously a huge number and a social issue we cannot afford to ignore," Wang Zhikun, president of the Zhongmin institute, said on Sunday.
Around 25% of those missing had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or dementia, while 72% suffered some sort of memory impairment, according to the report.
Of those who were found after being reported missing, 25% then went missing again, report author Xiong Guibin added.
相关单词：aged
aged解释：adj.年老的，陈年的
aged例句：
He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
相关单词：ministry
ministry解释：n.(政府的)部；牧师
ministry例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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