| Province | Category a | Area (10,000 km2) e | Population (million) f | Proportion of rural population (%)f | Per capital annual net income of rural households (RMB) g, b | Proportion of minority population (%) f, c | Cumulative cases of HIV/AIDS (in thousands of cases) h, d |
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| Gansu | Province | 42.58 | 25.99 | 64.1 | 3909.37(B) | 9.43%(c) | 1–5(1) |
| Guangxi | A.R. | 23.76 | 47.96 | 60.0 | 5232.33(B) | 37.18%(b) | 50–100(3) |
| Guizhou | Province | 17.61 | 35.30 | 66.2 | 4145.35(A) | 36.11%(b) | 10–50(2) |
| Inner Mongolia | A.R. | 118.3 | 25.11 | 44.5 | 6641.56(C) | 20.46%(b) | 1–5(1) |
| Ningxia | A.R. | 6.64 | 6.68 | 52.0 | 5409.95(B) | 35.42%(b) | less than 1(1) |
| Qinghai | Province | 72.23 | 5.88 | 55.3 | 4608.46(A) | 46.98%(b) | 1–5(1) |
| Shaanxi | Province | 20.58 | 37.93 | 54.3 | 5027.87(B) | 0.51%(c) | 5–10(2) |
| Sichuan | Province | 48.6 | 82.04 | 59.8 | 6128.55(C) | 6.1%(c) | 50–100(3) |
| Tibet | A.R. | 120.22 | 3.24 | 77.3 | 4904.28(A) | 91.83%(a) | less than 1(1) |
| Xinjiang | A.R. | 166 | 23.60 | 57.2 | 5442.15(B) | 59.9%(b) | 10–50(2) |
| Yunnan | Province | 39.4 | 47.42 | 65.3 | 4721.99(A) | 33.37%(b) | 100 and above (3) |
- a A.R.: Autonomous Region
- b Regional rural residents’ economic status (RMB): A. Low-income area (less than 5000); B. Middle-income area (5000-6000); C. High-income area (6000 and above)
- c Regional ethnic composition: a. Han-dominated area (less than 10%); b. Mixed area (30–60%); c. Minority-dominated area (90% and above)
- d Regional HIV prevalence (in thousands of cases): 1. Low-prevalence area (less than 5); 2. Middle-prevalence area (5–50); 3. High-prevalence area (50 and above)
- e The State Council of the People’s Republic of China. http://english.gov.cn/archive/
- f The Sixth National Population Census, 2010
- g China National Bureau of Statistics. China Statistical Yearbook 2012[M]. Beijing: China Statistic Press; 2012
- h Long Yuqin. Picture: Distribution map of provincial cumulative HIV/AIDS (number of deaths included) until Oct 2014. China HIV map: homosexual transmission accounts for more than 80%. http://news.ifeng.com/a/20141202/42619936_0.shtml
