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Number of under-5-year children
Rate of under-5-year of weight-for-age malnutrition
children of weight-for-age = × 100
malnutrition (%) Number of weighted under-5-year
children

• Children of height-for-age malnutrition: under-5-year
children have height-for-age less than minus 2 standard deviation
(-2SD) of the median height of WHO reference population.

Number of under-5-year children
Rate of under-5-year of height-for-age malnutrition
children of height-for- = × 100
age malnutrition (%) Number of measured under-5-year
children

• Children of weight-for-height malnutrition: under-5-year
children have weight-for-height less than minus 2 standard deviation
(-2SD) of the median weight of WHO reference population.

Number of under-5-year children
Rate of under-5-year of weight-for-height malnutrition
children of weight-for-height = × 100
malnutrition (%) Number of weighted and measured
under-5-year children

The reference population of the WHO is a group of children
whose health, weight and height develop normally. The weight and
height of such children are used as a benchmark to assess the
nutritional status of children at the same age.

Number of people infected and died of HIV/AIDS: HIV

infected people are those who are detected by health offices to be
infected with a virus that causes immune deficiency (HIV). AIDS is
an immune deficiency syndrome in the final stage of HIV infection in
human body. People died of AIDS are those who die as the result of
AIDS. People who are infected with HIV/AIDS often get disease

simultaneously and die of differently serious diseases, which are
recorded as deaths of AIDS.

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