A recent report on Chinese health revealed that the average Chinese person is 8.2 years older than his or her chronological age, a sign of poor health, Beijing Times reported Thursday.

The survey of China's property and casualty insurance company Ping An sampled people aged 15 to 64 in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The result showed that an overwhelming 83 percent are exposed to unbalanced nutrition, 66 percent have irregular blood pressure, and 34 percent suffer from overstress.

The report also indicated that women outperformed men in their daily habits, psychological condition and social lives, thus making them healthier.

Freelancers were found to be in the best physical condition, while people working in IT, advertising and the consulting industry came in at the bottom, the report said.