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Article: World Health Organization: World Health Statistics 2007.(Book review)
- Article from:
- Journal of Population Research
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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World Health Organization: World Health Statistics 2007. Geneva: no date. 86 pp.
World Health Statistics 2007 is a selection of country-specific health data held in the various databases of WHO. It covers the seven broad topics of mortality, morbidity, health service coverage, risk factors, health systems, inequality in health, and demographic and socio-economic statistics. World Health Statistics is a routine WHO publication and the 2007 issue is the third edition.
The introduction to the publication notes that the data should be regarded as best estimates made by WHO rather than the official views of member states. It says the estimates have been made ...