South West Public Health Observatory
Public Health Statistics - Terminology and Methods  
 
 


Public Health Information -
Terminology and Methods  

Most of the links below are to pages on the  Avon Public Health Network web site. They provide a useful guide to some of the terminology and methodology of public Health Information analysis.

Another useful publication is the South West Cancer Intelligence Service's Overview of Common
Epidemiological Terms .

Our own glossary is largely based on information from the Avon pages and contains links to additional information.

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Understanding Public Health Data

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Analytical Methods

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Directly Age Standardised Rates

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Indirectly Age Standardised Rates

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Jarman 8 Score

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Period Abridged Tables

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Townsend Score

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Avon PH Network Knowledge Management Unit