The science of the application of statistical methods to biologic facts, as the mathematical analysis of biologic data.
The application of statistics to biology.
A specialized area of community health that is concerned with the application of statistical procedures, techniques, and methodologies to investigate health problems and programs.
Statistics used in medicine and the study of disease.
Statistical information and techniques used with special reference to studies of health and social problems. It embraces, overlaps, and is to some extent synonymous with the fields of vital statistics (e.g. fertility and ‘mortality rates) and demography.