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2-12 GROWTH RATES OF MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN MINORITY NATIONALITY AUTONOMOUS AREAS
| 1998 as Percentage of the Following Year | Average Annual Increase Rate (%)
Item | 1985 | 1990 | 1997 | 1979-1998 | 1986-1998
ｉ.Economic and Social Performance of Minority Nationality Autonomous Areas |  |  |  |  |
Gross Output Value of Agriculture and Industry | 384.3 | 238.6 | 107.9 | 10.0 | 11.5
Gross Output Value of Agriculture | 232.0 | 171.5 | 106.9 | 6.2 | 7.0
Gross Output Value of Industry | 526.2 | 290.3 | 108.4 | 12.6 | 14.3
Construction Investment of State-owned Units | 864.1 | 539.3 | 116.7 | 9.9 | 23.5
Agriculture |  |  |  |  |
Cultivated Area | 107.16 | 105.94 | 90.43 | 0.23 | 0.72
Irrigated Area | 131.09 | 117.71 | 102.19 | 2.18 | 2.06
Grain Yield | 178.49 | 138.08 | 107.68 | 6.05 | 3.64
Cotton Yield | 742.63 | 300.21 | 121.64 | 19.86 | 14.73
Large Domestic Animals | 117.18 | 105.27 | 98.72 | 2.17 | 0.64
Goats and Sheep | 131.64 | 113.04 | 101.21 | 3.09 | 1.54
Hogs | 155.46 | 124.39 | 93.73 | 4.56 | 2.77
Industry |  |  |  |  |
Steel Output | 272.17 | 171.82 | 95.3 | 9.6 | 7
Pig Iron Output | 271.87 | 168.27 | 67.4 | 10.07 | 6.72
Coal Output | 204.37 | 145.48 | 92.29 | 7.03 | 4.8
Crude Oil Output | 113.42 | 161.83 | 102.21 | -6.86 | 6.2
Electric Power | 348.79 | 183.6 | 110.31 | 13.69 | 7.89
Timber Output | 89.66 | 92.97 | 86.44 | -0.72 | -0.91
Cloth Output | 98.15 | 71.62 | 76.81 | 6.5 | -4.09
Transportation, Postal and Telecommunications Services |  |  |  |  |
Length of Railways in Operation | 136.8 | 130.53 | 101.18 | 0.94 | 3.39
Length of Highways | 147.23 | 127.37 | 102.52 | 2.94 | 3.15
Total Length of Postal Routes | 126.11 | 128.98 | 113.5 | -0.45 | 3.23
Domestic Trade |  |  |  |  |
Total Retail Sales | 566.59 | 298.77 | 113 | 13.65 | 14.66
Total Amount Final Domestic Purchases |  |  |  |  |
ｊ.Culture, Education and Health Care of Minority Nationality Autonomous Areas |  |  |  |  |
Number of Students Enrollment |  |  |  |  |
Institutions of Higher Education | 212.5 | 162.5 | 107.8 | 5.51 | 6.26
Secondary Schools | 151.37 | 142.36 | 105.93 | 1.24 | 4.51
Primary Schools | 110.55 | 109.6 | 98.49 | 0.17 | 1.15
Number of Full-time Teachers |  |  |  |  |
Institutions of Higher Education | 136.36 | 107.14 | 103.45 | 4.94 | 0.87
Secondary Schools | 157.61 | 127.23 | 100.96 | 4.38 | 3.06
Primary Schools | 146.33 | 103.54 | 99.1 | 7.16 | 0.44
Number of Publications |  |  |  |  |
Books | 135.09 | 160.8 | 105.73 | -3.42 | 6.12
Magazines | 96.05 | 95.47 | 95.98 | 0.12 | -0.58
Newspapers | 140.9 | 136.85 | 93.18 | 0.58 | 4
Public Health |  |  |  |  |
Number of Health Institutions | 54.93 | 52.19 | 103.73 | 1.03 | -7.81
Number of Beds in Hospitals & Sanatoriums | 124.74 | 109.02 | 103.40 | 2.73 | 1.08
Number of Medical Personnel | 117.70 | 102.05 | 104.81 | 2.90 | 0.25
a)Indices of gross output value of agriculture and industry at constant price. |  |  |  |  |