0 a group of official facts that show such things as the number of births, deaths, and marriages in a particular country, area, etc.
1 the measurements of a woman's breasts, waist, and hips
2 a group of official facts that include the number of births, deaths, and marriages in a particular place, or the ages and races of the people that live there
With neither of these conditions is much help obtained from the national vital statistics.
Funds were also provided for the collection of vital statistics of the newcomers.
Demographics and vital statistics are routinely recorded in small nations, but many do not computerize or analyze the data systematically.
The population censuses and vital statistics of the twentieth century are some of the best in the world.
Vital statistics were certainly incomplete at that time by some 5 or 10%, although they are believed to be better now.
Our inability to control vital statistics for socio-economic variables precludes a reliable test of this possibility.
It became possible to compare the vital statistics of towns.
The majority of these documents have been destroyed over time, although the figures had been included in the official published series of vital statistics.
