ABSTRACT

First published in 1889, this book provides a guide to vital statistics- the science of numbers applied to the life-history of communities and nations- in relation to medical problems. Chapters cover a wide variety of categories including population, births and deaths, sickness, occupation and mortality, and mortality from special diseases.

chapter I|14 pages

POPULATION

chapter III|13 pages

REGISTRATION OF SICKNESS

chapter IV|11 pages

MARRIAGES

chapter V|22 pages

BIRTHS

chapter VI|22 pages

DEATHS

chapter XII|14 pages

SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION

chapter XIII|16 pages

MORTALITY FROM SPECIAL DISEASES

chapter XIV|20 pages

LIFE TABLES

chapter XV|21 pages

THE DURATION OF LIFE

chapter XVII|8 pages

STATISTICS OF SICKNESS

chapter XVIII|9 pages

ARMY AND NAVY STATISTICS

chapter XIX|23 pages

STATISTICAL FALLACIES