Objective To analyze the health status and its influencing factors among middle-aged and elderly residents of a longevity village in Guangxi Province

which may provide evidence for the implementation of targeted poverty alleviation by medical treatment.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted in 85 residents aged over 45 years from the longevity village.Results Of these interviewees

91.8% were completely independent

while 8.2% were dependent.The morbidity rate within 1 year before the survey reached 100.0%.The prevalenee of hypertension was 76.5%

The gender differences in the prevalence of hypertension of the interviewees were statistically significant（P <0.05）.In terms of eating habits

81.2% ate breakfast every day

while 8.2% never ate breakfast;the proportions of interviewees who preferred a salty

sweet or spicy diet were23.5%

9.4% and 5.9%

respectively;The proportions of interviewees who had an intake of less than 50 g of fruit or little fruit everyday were 38.8% and 23.5%.21.2% had a habit of drinking water upon getting up in the morning

while 54.1% drank water until he or she felt thirsty.As for how to acquire health education knowledge

TV/broadcasting was the main approach in 71.8% of the interviewees

while only 16.5%acquired such knowledge from countryside publicity activities.The proportions of interviewees who never received health check-up were 64.7%.Conclusion The middle-aged and elderly people in this longevity village had inadequate health education knowledge

unhealthy eating habits

and generally poor health status.Meanwhile

little attention has been paid to the health of the residents in the longevity village.It is essential to increase the publicity of health education knowledge

boost the residents′awareness of self-care

and establish a volunteer service team to provide free medical service for the residents

which may effectively relieve illness-related poverty or re-poverty.