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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.

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