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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 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-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 children of weight-for-height malnutrition
of weight-for-height = ×
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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