Glossary of health data, statistics and public health indicators

Overview

This resource is the standardized WHO glossary of the following terms:

• Public health data terms: Including those related to collection, disaggregation, analysis and management of public health data.
• Statistical terms: Incorporating the most common statistical methods used to analyse public health data and health indicators.
• Health indicator terms: Comprising terminology related to health indicators such as definitions, classification and validation.

The terms are first listed in alphabetical order and then according to related thematic areas.