Glossary for Terms 79524 Health and Sanitation Estimated rate of patients Estimated number of patients (per day) per 100,000 population. 25 Education Special classes These refer to classes prescribed by Article 81 of the School Education Act. They are set up for intellectually disabled children, physically disabled children, physically weak children, weak-sighted children and children having difficulty in hearing. Persons who advanced to schools of higher grade These refer to the persons who graduated and advanced to the schools of higher grade in March of each year. Graduates who advanced to higher school and took employment at the same time are also included. Advancement rate This refers to the ratio of the graduates who advanced to the schools of a higher grade to the total of graduates in March of each year. Graduates who advanced to higher school and took employment at the same time are also included. Ratio of persons who found employment This refers to the ratio of the graduates who took employment to the total of graduates in March of each year. Graduates who advanced to higher school and took employment at the same time are also included. Total local education expenditure The total of school education expenditure, social education expenditure, and educational administration expenditure. School education expenditure Expenses expended by local governments for school education activities in public kindergartens, integrated centres for early childhood education and care, elementary schools, lower secondary schools, compulsory education schools, special needs education, high schools (full-day, part-time (day/evening), and correspondence courses), secondary education schools, specialized training colleges, miscellaneous schools, and colleges of technology. Social education expenditure Expenses for social education facilities established by local governments via ordinances and under the administrative jurisdiction of boards of education as well as expenses expended by boards of education for social education activities (including physical education, cultural relations, and protection of cultural properties). Educational administrative expenditure Expenses expended by local governments for the general administrative affairs of the board of education secretariat (including educational research institutes under its administrative jurisdiction) and for the management of the board of education. Total learning expenditure The total of school education expenditure, school meal expenditure, and expenditure for extracurricular activities. School education expenditure The total expenses expended by each household for school education, including both expenses collected by the school uniformly and expenses expended by each household as necessary. School meal expenditure Expenses paid for school meals in kindergartens, elementary schools, and lower secondary schools, regardless of the type of school meals provided, such as full meals, supplementary meals, and milk meals. Expenditure for extracurricular activities The total of supplementary learning expenditure and expenditure for other extracurricular activities. Supplementary learning expenditure Expenses expended for learning related to school education, such as preparation, review, and supplementary lessons. However, those used in schools and those used in common are included in school education expenditures. Expenditure for other extracurricular activities Expenses required for training, learning activities, sports, and cultural activities for the purpose of acquiring knowledge and skills, cultivating a rich sensibility, and developing sound mind and body (expense per person for goods shared by multiple people). 26 Culture Cultural properties The Act on the Protection of Cultural Properties defines cultural properties as tangible cultural properties, intangible cultural properties, folk-cultural properties, monuments, cultural landscapes and groups of traditional buildings. Among these cultural properties, important ones are designated and selected by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as national treasures, important cultural properties, historic sites, places of scenic beauty, natural monuments and so on, and are protected by the government. Welfare facilities for the elderly requiring long-term care Intensive care homes for the elderly defined by the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly (limited to those with a capacity of 30 or more residents) and designated by prefectural governors under the Long-Term Care Insurance Act. They are intended to provide, based on facility service plans, care for bathing, bodily waste elimination, meals, etc. and support for other daily activities, as well as functional training, health management, and medical care, to persons requiring long-term care who are in the facility. Long-term care health facilities Facilities established with the approval of prefectural governors under the Long-Term Care Insurance Act. They are intended to provide, based on facility service plans, nursing, long-term care under medical management, functional training, other necessary medical treatment, and support for performing daily activities to persons requiring long-term care who are in the facility. Long-term care medical centres Facilities established with the approval of prefectural governors under the Long-Term Care Insurance Act. They are intended to provide, based on facility service plans, medical care management, nursing, long-term care under medical management, functional training, other necessary medical treatment, and support for performing daily activities mainly to persons requiring long-term care who need medical treatment for an extended period. Sanatorium medical facilities for the elderly requiring long-term care Medical facilities defined by the Medical Act and designated by prefectural governors under the Long-Term Care Insurance Act. They are intended to provide, based on facility service plans, medical care management, nursing, long-term care and other care under medical management, functional training, and other necessary medical care to persons requiring long-term care who are in the facility. Estimated rate of patients (per day, per 100,000 population) = Estimated number of patients (per day) / Estimated population x 100,000