The elements of vital statistics / by Arthur Newsholme.

  • Arthur Newsholme
Date:
1899
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    CHAPTER XXV. Changes in the English Expectation of Life. Summary for England and Wales—Effect on Various Ages—Healthy Districts Experience—Life Capital . . . . 304 CHAPTER XXVL The Decline in the English Death-rate and its Causes. Distribution of the Decline at Various Ages—Discussion of Absence of Diminution at Higher Ages—Distribution of Decreased Mortality Errors already Exposed—Classification of Fallacies—Errors from Paucity of Data—Errors from Inaccuracy or Incompatibility of Data —Errors in comparing Total Deaths in successive Years—Errors in regard to Averages—Errors in connection with Average Strength— Fallacies of Hospital Statistics—Errors from the Composition of Ratios—Fallacies from stating Deaths in Proportion to Total Deaths 321 according to Cause 314 CHAPTER XXVn. Statistical Fallacies. CHAPTER XXVIII. Statistics of Sickness. Notification Returns—Friendly Societies 337 CHAPTER XXIX. Miscellanea. Graphic Methods—Means and Averages—Fatality or Case-mortality— Probability of Recurrence of a Disease apart from Infection—Calcu- lation of Population of Sub-Districts—Aids to Calculation 341