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Background: Early detection of death and suicidal ideation among older people may have significant implications for preventing suicidal behaviour.No study has been conducted so far about the prevalence and correlates of death and suicidal ideation among Chinese community-dwelling older adults.Methods: 650 community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or above in a Chinese city were randomly selected by multistage sampling method and 620 were successfully interviewed by university students.The death and suicidal ideation were measured with the questions related to suicidal phenomena developed by Paykel and colleagues, and depressive symptoms were measured by GDS-30.Univariate and bivariate analysis were performed to generate the prevalence and correlates of death and suicidal ideation among the older adults in the previous month.Results: The prevalence of death and suicidal ideation among the community-dwelling older adults in the previous month is 15.2%.The older adults with female gender, older age, not being currently married, lower education, no income or financial strain, physical health problems, lower life satisfaction, and depressive symptoms were significantly more likely to report death and suicidal ideation.Conclusion: Compared to the previous reports, it seems that the prevalence of death and suicidal ideation among the community-dwelling Chinese older adults is higher.The correlates are by and large consistent with the previous research, with depressive symptoms being the most important correlate.The findings imply that suicide prevention programs among community-dwelling old adults in urban China should be targeted on those who are in poorer physical and mental health and other disadvantaged conditions.