This system is very similar to that of the United States (China Vista).
At the end of 2001, there were 4.40 million health workers located in China, of which 2.09 million were doctors and 1.28 million were senior and junior nurses. The physical infrastructure included 330,000 health institutions 3.19 million beds, 2.97 million of which were in 70,000 hospitals and public health institutions. China also had 6,025 sanitation, anti-epidemic and disease prevention stations with 220,000 health workers, and 2,539 maternal and child health-care institutions with 80,000 health workers. Rural townships had 50,000 commune hospitals with 740,000 beds and 1.02 million health workers. Nationwide, approximately 89.7 percent of villages had medical stations with 1.28 million rural doctors and health workers (China Org). .
China is the world's fourth larges country with a diverse climate ranging from artic temperatures in the north to tropical in the south. According to the CIA World Fact Book there are approximately 1,284,303,705 people living in China, as of July 2002. The growth rate is estimated at 0.87 percent per year, which accounts for 15.85 births per 1,000 people. The death rate is 6.77 deaths per 1,000 people and the infant mortality rate is 27.25 deaths per 1,000 people. The life expectancy at birth for the total population is 71.86 years. However, like most societies women tend to live longer than men, with males average life expectancy being 70.02 years and females life expectancy being 73.86 years. The total fertility rate is 1.82 new born children per woman. Compared to the rest of the world there is a relatively small occurrence of HIV and AIDS in the nation with, as of January 2001, approximately 1.25 million people living with the disease and approximately 17,000 deaths per year resulting from the epidemic (Fact Book). .
To compare, the United states has a population growth of 0.89 percent however its death rate and infant mortality rate is much lower that China's.
