Abstract Morbidity statistics can be reported as grouped data for health services rather than individual residence area, especially in low-middle income countries. Although such reports support some evidence-based decisions, these are of limited use if the geographical distribution morbidity cannot identified. This study estimates spatial rate Acute respiratory infections (ARI) census districts...

It may be said that measurement of the levels of health of a given community is highly important for promoting community health activities, regardless of the size of population of the community in question. The author investigated whether or not the physical statistics of schoolchildren in the field of school health were suitable as a health indicator in measuring the levels of health of a comm...

Existing linear rank statistics cannot be applied to cross-sectional survival data without follow-up since all subjects are essentially censored. However, partial survival information are available from backward recurrence times and are frequently collected from health surveys without prospective follow-up. Under length-biased sampling, a class of linear rank statistics is proposed based only o...

INTRODUCTION Chronic disease rates are produced from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS) using administrative health data from provincial/territorial health ministries. Denominators for these rates are based on estimates of populations derived from health insurance files. However, these data may not be accessible to all researchers. Another ...

Medical facility statistics provide essential information to policymakers, administrators, academics, and practitioners in the field of health services. In Japan, the Health Statistics Office of the Director-General for Statistics and Information Policy at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is generating these statistics. Although the statistics are widely available in both Japanese and...

In view of the rapid health transition faced by the country and a highly dominant private sector, the issue of obtaining reliable health statistics is becoming a priority for Lebanon. This paper reviews the process of compiling and disseminating national health statistics from the multitude of public, private and nongovernmental partners in the country. The lessons learned from preparing two ed...

The quality and reliability of birth statistics for unmarried women based on inferential data are evaluated in this methodological study. All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated. An evaluation of California's inferred birth statistics for unmarried women. Acknowledgments This...

This report describes the factors that affect the use and interpretation of diagnostic statistics collected by seven data systems of the National Center for Health Statistics.