Includes index. Previous edition by Gerda Koch alone.

Health statistics: why are they important? -- Mathematics: reviewing the basics -- Health data across the continuum -- Hospital census -- Hospital occupancy -- Hospital length of stay -- Hospital obstetric and neonatal statistics -- Miscellaneous clinical and nonclinical statistics -- End-of-life statistics: mortality and autopsy rates -- Community health statistics -- Statistics: learning the basics -- Organizing data for analysis -- Displaying data for analysis -- Fundamentals of research.