中国每年走失老人约50万
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.