health statistics
Population wellness numbers
Health statistics are numerical data about the physical and mental condition of populations—birth rates, death rates, disease prevalence, life expectancy, and similar measures.
Public health agencies collect and publish health statistics to track trends, allocate resources, and guide policy: The health statistics show a rise in diabetes cases.
The field also refers to the discipline of gathering and analyzing such data.
- prevalenceState of being widespread
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- life expectancyAverage anticipated survival duration
- case fatality rateDeaths divided by diagnoses
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
epidemiology · incidence · comorbidity · data collection · raw data · number crunching · vaccination coverage · risk factors · body mass index · birth rate · mortality rate · death rate · surveys · fertility rate · age distribution · infant mortality rate · census reports · outcomes
- state statisticspopulation data, population, demographic data, demographics, economic data
- global healthdisease, pandemic, medications, pandemics, epidemic
- development statisticsdemographic data, birth rate, poverty rates, death rate, literacy rate
- global statisticstrade data, population data, census data, inflation rates, unemployment rates
- government documentswhite paper, laws, federal records, gazette, constitutions
- government statisticsGDP, unemployment rates, demographics, census reports, poverty rates
health statisticseconomic statistics
Quantified measures of commerce
crime statistics · environmental data · labor statistics · employment statistics