Chronic diseases have emerged as major public health challenges in modern society [26, 27]. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a large random sample to investigate the self-reported prevalence of common chronic diseases among adults in Ganzhou, a city in southern China. This data is even higher than other studies reporting the prevalence of chronic diseases in the middle-aged and elderly (44.27%) Most residents reported that their health was relatively good (44.6%) or moderate (42.1%)