According to statistics, medical and health institutions in ethnic autonomous areas grew from 361 in 1949 to 16,724 in 1998, the number of hospital beds grew from 3,310 to 392,671 and the number of medical personnel from 3,531 to 605,255.

• 据统计，1998年，全国民族自治地方的医疗卫生机构已由1949年的361个增加到16724家，病床由3310张增加到392671张，卫生技术人员由3531名增加到605255名。