Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    China
    Home / China / Health

    Health literacy rate shows steady rise

    By WANG XIAOYU | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2025-01-11 07:43
    Share
    Share - WeChat

    China's health literacy increased by over two percentage points year-on-year to reach nearly 32 percent in 2024 thanks to growing public attention paid to their personal health condition, the National Health Commission said on Friday.

    The health literacy rate of 31.87 percent last year means that about three in 10 people in China had acquired basic health knowledge and skills.

    Since surveillance data became available in 2012, the rate grew steadily from 8.8 percent in 2012 to 23.15 percent in 2020 and exceeded 30 percent for the first time in 2024, according to the commission.

    "The persistent rise is driven by the public's growing attention on health and increasing demand for health knowledge, as well as continuous ramp-up of health education," said the commission.

    The gap between urban and rural areas has further shrunk, as the health literacy rate in cities stood at 34.74 percent, compared to 29.11 percent in rural regions. While the rates in the less developed western and central provinces were still lower than the level seen in the eastern part of the nation, the discrepancy has also narrowed, data shows.

    This year's survey involved about 71,800 people age 15 to 69 across all 31 provincial-level regions.

    Survey participants were tested on a list of basic health-related knowledge and skills, such as whether they know that it is important to go through cancer screening to promptly detect cancer and precancerous lesions, and whether they can carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation, an emergency treatment given to someone who stops breathing or suffers a heart attack.

    These questions are divided into six categories. Survey results show that last year, Chinese people were the most educated in knowledge on safety and first aid as the literacy rate reached nearly 62 percent in this aspect.

    By comparison, their grasp of health information on chronic diseases and infectious diseases is weaker, hovering around 30 percent.

    China is intensifying efforts to improve the public's understanding of key health information, which is now considered "the most fundamental, economic and effective measure to improve health levels of the public," said central authorities.

    In June last year, the commission, along with other government departments released an action plan, aiming to increase the overall health literacy rate by two percentage points each year from 2024 to 2027.

    The action plan calls for expanding supplies of health education books and products and rolling out more awareness campaigns, as well as toughening crackdown on online misinformation and holding those spreading false information accountable.

    Top
    BACK TO THE TOP
    English
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
     
    在线精品无码字幕无码AV| 亚洲国产综合无码一区二区二三区| 亚洲AV无码乱码国产麻豆穿越| HEYZO无码综合国产精品| 天堂中文8资源在线8| 国产亚洲情侣一区二区无码AV| 日本三级在线中文字幕在线|中文| 无码午夜成人1000部免费视频| 亚洲中文字幕无码不卡电影| 午夜人性色福利无码视频在线观看 | 国产精品无码久久四虎| 狠狠躁狠狠爱免费视频无码| 亚洲中文字幕丝袜制服一区| 成人毛片无码一区二区三区| 久久亚洲AV无码精品色午夜麻豆| 免费无码黄十八禁网站在线观看| 亚洲AV无码一区二区二三区入口| 精品久久久无码人妻中文字幕豆芽| heyzo专区无码综合| 欧美日韩不卡一区二区三区中文字 | 无码日韩人妻精品久久蜜桃| 精品人妻少妇嫩草AV无码专区| 无码人妻久久一区二区三区蜜桃| 亚洲成a人片在线观看无码| 中文字幕二区三区| 色综合久久中文色婷婷| 亚洲中文字幕无码久久精品1| 亚洲综合中文字幕无线码| 亚洲AV无码成人精品区大在线| 国产网红无码精品视频| 久久Av无码精品人妻系列| 无码AV片在线观看免费| 无码人妻丰满熟妇区五十路百度| 中文字幕无码精品三级在线电影| 亚洲欧美日韩另类中文字幕组| 最近中文字幕完整在线看一 | 粉嫩高中生无码视频在线观看| 无码精品人妻一区二区三区人妻斩| 亚洲av日韩av无码黑人| 无码一区二区三区在线观看| 亚洲AV日韩AV永久无码绿巨人|