& emsp; & emsp; Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 24 (Reporter Dong Ruifeng and Li Heng) Reporters learned from the National Health and Health Commission on the 24th that in 2023, the health literacy level of Chinese residents reached 29.70%, an increase of 1.92 percentage points from 2022, and continuedShow steadily improved.
& emsp; & emsp; health literacy is an important decisive factor in health.The level of health literacy of residents is a comprehensive evaluation indicator reflecting the level of economic and social development and the health level of the people.
The monitoring results showed that the monitoring results showed that in 2023, the health quality level of urban residents across the country was 33.25%, and rural residents were 26.23%, an increase of 1.31 and 2.45 percentage points from 2022.The health literacy levels of residents in the east, Central and Western regions were 33.30%, 28.85%, and 24.44%, respectively, an increase of 1.42, 2.15 and 1.88 percentage points from 2022, respectively.
& emsp; & emsp; According to the monitoring results, the level of 6 types of health problems is: 59.33%of safety and emergency literacy, 54.71%scientific and healthy observation literacy, 41.05%of health information literacy, 30.43%of chronic disease prevention literacy, basic medical literacy28.84%and infectious diseases were 28.02%.
