Statistics – the practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities
Data – raw numbers collected together for reference or analysis
Vital Statistics – Statistics concerning the important events in human life, i.e. birth, death, marriage, etc.
Correlation – mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
Rate – expresses the frequency with which an event occurs in a defined population in a specified period of time
Incidence – the proportion of new cases of the target disorder in the population at risk during a specified time interval
Prevalence – the proportion of the total population who have a particular health-related condition.
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