PIP: Life expectancies and mortality rates were provided on the minority nationalities in China in the first half of 1990. For nationalities with a population over 1 million, data was provided for life expectancy, the total mortality rate, the standardized mortality rate, and the infant mortality rate. This data included 18 minorities: Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Man, Dong, Bai, Yao, Tujia, Hani, Kazak, Dai, and Li. Life expectancies for 47 minorities were under the national and Han average. The lowest was 51.45 years for the Wa. 20 minorities had values under 60 years, which amounted to about 25% of total minority population. About 80% of minorities had mortality higher than the national average. Infant mortality was about twice as high as the national and Han majority average. The range was between 10.1% for the Xibo nationality and 143.34% for the Wa nationality. The highest infant mortality was among 3 nationalities in Tibet and Xinjiang and 7 nationalities in Yunnan Province. The lowest infant mortality (lower than the national average) occurs among a population of about 12.67 million, of which 95% are Man, Korean, Xibo, and Dawu'er. 95.53% of total minority population are 18 minority groups with populations over 1 million people. Out of the 18 minorities, 2 are above the national average (Man and Hui), 1 is just 2 years under the national average (Zhuang), and 5 are at or below 60 years of age (Hani, Tibetan, Kazak, Yi, and Uygar). The remaining 9 minorities have a life expectancy ranging between 63.75 and 66.72 years. 4.58% of total minority population comprise 15 nationality groups with population between 100,000 and 1 million: Lisu, Wa, She, Lahu, Shui, Dongxiang, Naxi, Jingpo, Kirgiz, Dawu'er, Mulao, Qiang, Gelao, and Xibo. The Mulao, Xibo, and She groups are over 70 years life expectancy and the lowest life expectancies under 60 years include the Wa, Lahu, Lisu, and Kingpo from Yunnan Province. 15 nationality groups had a population from 10,000 to 100,000 and 7 had several thousand population. Life expectancies for the very small minorities follow similar patterns as other larger minority groups in the same geographic area. Standardized Life Loss Rates, where a high level indicates high child mortality, were also computed. Gender differences for the largest minorities were provided. Total and standardized mortality for females was below that for males. Female mortality lower than male mortality with similar life expectancy included the Man, Hui, Mongolian, Kazak, and Tu. Higher infant and child mortality for females included the Zhuang, Miao, Dong, Yao, Tukia, Yi, Buyi, Bai, and Hanni. Lower female middle age and elderly mortality was the pattern for the Korean, Buyi, Tibetan, Dai, and Yi. High reproductive age mortality occurred among the Uygur, Wa, Kirgiz, and Salar. Higher female elderly mortality than male mortality include the Qiang, Bulang, and Maonan. The highest level of health of minorities was in the northeast (10 million), which has a high minority population among the Man and Korean. The largest minority concentration is in the southwest with 30 million distributed over 5 provinces; minority health is low in this region. 7 million minorities with the worst health live in Yunnan Province. The lowest life expectancies occur among a population of 40 million, or 46% of total minority population: 11 groups in Yunnan, 4 groups in Xinjiang, the Tu in Qinghai, and Tibetans in Tibet, Sichuan, and Qinghai.