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A Suggested Method for Constructing Indices of Morbidity
Author(s) -
Draper G. J.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985908
Subject(s) - statistics , econometrics , computer science , mathematics
Measurement of the health of a country or of a group within it has usually been approached by means of mortality statistics, e.g. crude or standardised death rates or infant mortality rate. In this article a method using morbidity data is presented. It is suggested that particular aspects of health and possible aetiological factors may be investigated using appropriately constructed indices; an overall picture is obtainable if a well chosen set of such indices is used. An important consideration is the type of data to be used; reasons are given for preferring that obtained from morbidity surveys.