China Medical Facts and Figures

Health and Medical

The total number of hospitals and clinics is: 320,000, the total number of doctors is 1.39 million, the number of nurses and technicians is 1.05 million.  

About AIDS in China

F irst case found in 1985, and by now 173 have died; HIV infections - 400,000, two third of them are regular drug users (July 1999 data).

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

High Blood pressure population in China: Higher than 100 million.

Nearsightedness (Myopia)

According to the most recent survey, about 50% of Chinese teenagers suffer from nearsightedness compared with 15% in 1970's. (Source: CND.org (February, 2000)

Smoking:

According to data collected in January 2000, by China Consumers Association, smoking population in China is 350 million (37.6% of China’s population and about 25% total smoking population in the world), about 50 million smokers are teen-agers, 62% of Chinese smokers male and 3.8% are female. Smokers in China consume 16 cigarettes on average per day and the expense for smoking is about 15% of their income. The average age of first use of cigarettes in China is 25 years old, 3 years earlier than in 1984. During 1999, the total smoking population in China increased 3.5% compared with the statistics in 1984 (Health Ministry of PRC Nov. 99 data).