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Why do they collect health statistics?
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Study trends: Variety of reasons. Mostly to try to study and improve health care.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Improve populations: Health statistics help identify areas needing attention and improvement. They are primarily used to help improve the entire population, rather than a specific individual. However, ultimately the public health measures implemented do help individuals so they are important to all of us. They can help identify the emergence of an epidemic and help localize the potential causes.
Answered 11/10/2012
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