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vital statistics

pl.n.

1. Statistics concerning the important events in human life, such as births, deaths, marriages, and migrations.

2. Informal The dimensions of a person's body, especially of a woman's body as measured around bust, waist, and hips.

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vital statistics

pl n

1. (Statistics) quantitative data concerning human life or the conditions and aspects affecting it, such as the death rate

2. informal the measurements of a woman's bust, waist, and hips

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vi′tal statis′tics

n.pl.

1. statistics concerning human life or the conditions affecting human life and the maintenance of population, as deaths, births, and marriages.

2. Facetious. the measurements of a woman's figure, esp. the bust, waist, and hips.

[1830–40]

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vital statistics - data relating to births and deaths and health and diseases and marriages

statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

statistic - a datum that can be represented numerically

Translations

misure femminili statistica demografica

vital statistics

npl (of population) → statistica fsg demografica (fam) (woman's) → misure fpl

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