title: Statistics in the Service of Health
abstract: &lt;strong&gt;Introduction: &lt;/strong&gt;The word statistics was first used to describe a set of aggregated data (commonly demographic observations, such as births and deaths), and later came to also denote the mathematical body of science that pertains to the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data and uncertainty (Davidian &amp;amp; Louis, 2002; Dodge, 2006; Moses, 1986). For those interested in the historical developments in probability and statistics, t
journal: Revue interdisciplinaire des sciences de la santé - Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Sciences