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 --
Since most of these men came to public or official attention by virtue of their activity, it was the activists' vital statistics that got recorded.
Vital statistics in the 1920s and 30s are also suggestive in this respect.
The possibilities for linking up with vital statistics and health records of all kinds are very great.
Who they were was not the sum of their vital statistics, however.
The basis of selection was simply availability in national vital statistics.
A well-organized national vital statistics service provides death certification and mortality statistics.
The publication of vital statistics began late and was not maintained throughout the nineteenth century.
The majority of these documents have been destroyed over time, although the figures had been included in the official published series of vital statistics.
