Finding and Using Health Statistics

5. Closing



There are a host of free and viable resources online for health statistics. We hope that this course has made you a more knowledgeable, strategic, and discerning researcher.

You should now be able to:

  • Explain what health statistics measure and how to use them to assess general health
  • List the statistical terms commonly used when reading about health statistics
  • Describe different ways health information can be collected, and the pros and cons of each method
  • Locate a variety of online sources for health statistics
  • Create strategies to find specific health statistics
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