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Chapter-08 Pediatric Biostatistics and Informatics

BOOK TITLE: The Short Textbook of Pediatrics

Author
1. Gupte Suraj
2. Chatterjee Mridula
ISBN
9788184484694
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10983_8
Edition
11/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1. Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Hisar, India, Mamata Medical College and General and Super Specialty Hospitals, Khammam, Telangana, India, Mamata Medical College/Mamata General and Superspeciality Hospitals, Khammam, Telangana, South India, Mamata Medical College/Mamata, General and Superspecialty Hospitals, Khammam, Telangana, India, Postgraduate Department of Pediatrics Mamata Medical College and Hospital Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Mamata Medical College/Mamata General and Superspecialty Hospitals, Khammam 507002, Andhra Pradesh, India, Mamata Medical College/Mamata General and Superspecialty Hospitals, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Mamata Medical College and Hospitals, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Narayana Medical College/Narayana General and Superspeciality Hospitals, Nellore 524002, AP, South India, Narayana Medical College and Hospital, Nellore, AP, India, Narayana Medical College/Narayana General and Superspeciality Hospitals, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh (India), Children’s Health Cen
2. North Bengal Medical College, Kadamtala, Siliguri, West Bengal, India
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Abstract

Biostatistics, the science of management of uncertainties in health and disease, deals with the quantitative rather than the qualitative aspect of health and disease. The cornerstone of all biostatistical endeavors is the measurement through which all quantities are obtained and, thereafter, uncertainties and variations studied. This involves systemic collection, organization, analysis and interpretation of numerical data pertaining to health and disease. Medical statistics deals with statistics pertaining to medical sciences, data related to human diseases in particular. The term, morbidity statistics, denotes statistics pertaining to sickness. The statistics dealing with births, deaths and marriages fall under the category, vital statistics. The highlights of the biostatistics part of the Chapter include data, information and intelligence, types of studies, statistical averages, measures of variation (dispersion), percentile, significant value, etc. The highlights of the medical informatics part include medical informatics, telemedicine, cyber medicine and internet. In future we expect a “quantity leap”, meaning that in addition to the very high internet speed, sight, sound and even touch will be integrated through powerful computers, displays and networks. This is likely to be followed by the so-called “quality leap” where the web is likely to have machine understandable information with the help of intelligent software agents. In nutshell, the machine itself will act intelligently in delivering future health care services.

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