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EXPLANATION OF TERMINOLOGY, CONTENT AND
METHODOLOGY OF SOME STATISTICAL INDICATORS
ON HEALTH, LIVING STANDARD, SPORT, SOCIAL ORDER
AND SAFETY, JUSTICE AND NATURAL
DISASTER DAMAGE

HEALTH

Health establishment is the place where patients are examined,
treated and taken care of, including general hospital, special hospital;
medical center in districts with function of medical checks up and
treatment; sanatoriums and rehabilitation hospital, policlinics, medical

service unit in communes, precincts, town (generally referred to
grassroots-level health unit), medical service unit in offices,
enterprises and other health units (such as tuberculosis, dermatology
and optical test units, leprosy treatment center, and antenatal clinic…).

Patient bed is used for patients during their treatment at the
health establishments excluding beds for persons on duty, and beds in
the examining and waiting rooms.

Health staff includes medical and pharmaceutical staffs who are
currently working in health establishments (including public and
private health) and obtained health qualifications for at least three-

month training, including doctors, physicians, nurses, midwives,
pharmacists, druggists and technicians.

Rate of under-5-year children’s malnutrition by level of

malnutrition

 Children of weight-for-age malnutrition: Under-5-year children
have weight-for-age less than minus 2 standard deviation (-2SD) of

the median weight of World Health Organization (WHO) reference
population:

610