The following results have been obtained from the comparative study on the life-style as well as the self-awareness and attitude toward health between inhabitants(N =1031) in a typical agricultural area in Wangxiu Town, Taicang Country, Jiangsu Province and those (N = 993) in a suburban area of a metropolis in Shanghai, Jiading City. 1) People who keep the good health habit of Breslow's seven principles, namely a desirable life-style, are more in Wangxiu Town than in Shanghai. 2) People of both areas seldom conduct physical exercises, and smoking and alcohol drinking are more frequent in men than in women. 3) Young people show a lower rate of having breakfast and have more snacks between meals. 4) People in Jiading City tend to be more obese than those in Wangxiu Town. 5) People in Wangxiu Town in a desirable health habit complain of less subjective symptoms and show less decline in physical strength. 6) Regarding the seven principles of good health habit, the average scores of men and women in Wangxiu Town area are 3.8 and 4.8, whereas those of men and women in Jiading City area are 3.2 and 4.5. 7) Many people of both areas report that they feel "good" in their selfevaluation regarding their own health condition and physical fitness. 8) The subjective evaluation of the subjects' own health tends to change from "good" to "average" at their fifties, while the rate of illness tends to increase in the sixties in age. 9) The factor analysis on subjective symptoms reveals significant relationships between each factor and individual's life-style. 10) With regard to mental health, more people in Jiading City, the older in particular, express uneasiness and dissatisfaction for their everyday lives and theirwhole lives. The Jiading City women's SDS score of 51.53 indicates their light degree of melancholic condition. From these findings, it can be concluded that more people in Jiading City complain of subjective symptoms and unidentified complaints. In addition, men and younger people, compared respectively with women and older people, show undesirable, unhealthy life-style, causing unhealthy condition. Therefore, education for healthy life-style is judged indispensable for these groups.
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