IngentaConnect Statistics of Morbidity

Author: Sydenstricker, Edgar

Source: The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings, The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings , pp. 167-175(9)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Abstract:

This is a section of the book The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings. Edited by four eminent epidemiologists, this book consolidates, for the first time, a core of landmark articles on the evolution, scope and limitations, uses, and prospects of epidemiology. An outstanding feature of the book is the inclusion of the editors' assessments of the realm of epidemiology, where it is and where it should be going. It represents a useful tool for both students and practicing professionals and provides a much-needed frame of reference for reorienting the practice of epidemiology. The book is a collection of 91 articles, grouped in five parts. This article discusses about the development, evolution and importance of statistics of morbidity. It discusses and classifies the variety of morbidity statistics into five groups: Reports of communicable diseases, hospital and clinic records, insurance and industrial establishment and school illness records, illness surveys and records of the incidence of illness in a population continuously or frequently observed. An example of morbidity studies used to describe the health of a population in the town of Hagerstown, Maryland is included.

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