Originally published in 1968, this book was intended to help those in health and welfare services as well as those whose policy decisions are influenced by the movement of statistical indices of health, to understand the purpose, derivation and meaning of these indices. It teaches by presenting statistical problems as they are encountered in practice against the background of day-to-day administrative procedures to which they relate. Special attention is paid to practices in the USA and to considerations of international comparability.
Author(s): B. Benjamin
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease & Society
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 306
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Preface
Table of Contents
1 Introductory
2 Population
Appendix I: Census, 1951—England and Wales
Appendix II: Local Areas
3 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages
4 Fertility—Measures and Trends
5 Mortality—Death Rates and Causes
6 Mortality Indices: Life Tables
7 Environmental Factors Affecting Mortality
8 The Measurement of Morbidity
9 Statistics of Infectious Diseases
10 Tuberculosis
11 Maternity and Child Welfare
12 Statistics of the Health of the School Children
13 Other Public Health Statistics
14 Industrial and General Incapacity
15 Hospital Statistics
16 Cancer Statistics
17 Mental Health Statistics
18 General Practitioner Statistics
19 Field Studies
Index
