Analysis the trend of life expectancy for Guilin urban citizens during 2008-2014

Objective To understand the current life expectancy of residents in Guilin and explore the main causes affecting the life expectancy of residents. Methods To draw the life table of each year and calculate the life expectancy using the death data of Guilin residents from 2008 to 2014 by SPSS 20.0. At the same time, to analyze the top five causes of death affecting life expectancy and calculate the life expectancy excluding causes of death. Results The life expectancy dropped year by year during 2008-2014, and there was a turning point in 2011, the life expectancy was the lowest for all in 2011, then was a slow recovery. It was 85.51 years in 2008. And it was slightly rising, 81.38 years in 2014. There were 4.13 years dropped in the seven years. The life expectancy in male is lower than which in female. The life expectancy would increase 3.97-6.49 years, 3.38-6.22 years, 1.07-2.06 years, 0.52-1.05 years and 0.27-0.40 years respectively after removing circulatory system disease, respiratory system disease the other diseases, tumor and injury and poisoning. Conclusions The trends of life expectancy for Guilin urban citizens kept decreasing. The residents of disease control and prevention focus should be different by sex.