vital statistics

statistics /sta·tis·tics/ (stah-tis´tiks)

1. a collection of numerical data.

2. a discipline devoted to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data using the theory of probability.

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vital statistics  data detailing the rates of birth, death, disease, marriage, and divorce in a population.

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vital statistics

pl.n.

Statistics concerning the important events in human life, such as births, deaths, marriages, and migrations.

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vital statistics,

data relating to births or natality, deaths or mortality, marriages, health, and disease or morbidity.

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statistics [stah-tis´tiks]

1. a collection of numerical data.

2. the mathematical science dealing with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data using the theory of probability, especially with methods for drawing inferences about characteristics of a population from examination of a random sample.

vital statistics data, usually collected by governmental bodies, detailing the rates of birth, death, disease, marriage, and divorce in a population.

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vital,

adj necessary to or pertaining to life.

vital capacity,

n a measurement of the amount of air that can be expelled at the normal rate of exhalation after a maximum inspiration, representing the greatest possible breathing capacity.

vital signs,

n.pl the measurements of pulse rate, respiration rate, and body temperature. Although not strictly a vital sign, blood pressure is also customarily included in this category.

vital statistics,

n.pl the data relating to births (natality), deaths (mortality), marriages, health, and disease (morbidity).

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statistics

1. numerical facts pertaining to a particular subject or body of objects.

2. the science dealing with the collection, tabulation and analysis of numerical facts.

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inferential statistics

conclusions, usually quantitative, drawn from an analysis of data.

salvage statistics

statistical technique used in an attempt to derive some useful information from a poorly designed or poorly executed experiment.

vital statistics

see vital statistics.

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vital

pertaining to life; necessary to life.

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vital capacity

the greatest volume of gas that, following maximum inspiration, can be expelled during a complete, slow, unforced expiratory maneuver; equal to inspiratory capacity plus expiratory reserve volume. This is a commonly made and practicable measurement in humans but is not so in animals.

vital red

dye injected into the circulation to estimate blood volume by calculating the concentration of the dye in the plasma.

vital signs

the signs of life, namely pulse, respiration and temperature.

vital statistics

that branch of biometry dealing with the data and laws of animal mortality, morbidity, natality and demography.

vital statistic rate

vital statistics presented as a proportion of a population, e.g. fetal deaths as a percentage of total births. Includes case fatality rate, nonreturn rate at 60 days.

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vital statistics

Epidemiology Systematically tabulated information about births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, based on registration of vital events