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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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