Introduction to health statistics -- Mathematics review -- Patient census data -- Percentage of occupancy -- Length of stay -- Death (mortality) rates -- Hospital autopsies and autopsy rates -- Morbidity and other miscellaneous rates -- Statistics computed within the Health Information Management Department -- Descriptive statistics in healthcare -- Presentation of data -- Basic research principles -- Inferential statistics in healthcare references -- Formulae -- Glossary of healthcare services and statistical terms -- Answers to odd-numbers chapter exercises -- Index.