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Record Nr.

UNINA9910713309403321

Autore

Woolsey Theodore D. <1913-1992, >

Titolo

Toward an index of preventable mortality / / Theodore D. Woolsey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hyattsville, Md. : , : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of Health Research, Statistics, and Technology, National Center for Health Statistics, , 1981

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 37 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Vital and health statistics. Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research ; ; number 85

DHHS publication ; ; no. (PHS) 81-1359

Soggetti

Mortality - United States - Statistical methods

Death - Causes - Statistical methods

Health status indicators - United States - Statistical methods

Health status indicators - Statistical methods

Mortality - Statistical methods

Medical statistics.

Vital statistics.

United States Statistics, Medical

United States Statistics, Vital

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"May 1981."

"This report presents a research study on the development of an index that reflects the extent to which an area's mortality rates exceed the lowest possible rates that could be achieved at this epoch in the United States. The index is applied to mortality rates in 19 selected health service areas during 1969-71."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-26).