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vital statistics

 noun
     
Related topics: Statistics
vital statistics [plural]
1HMS figures giving information about the number of births, deaths, marriages etc within a population
2 British English informal a woman's chest, waist, and hip measurements
3 informal important facts about something, especially its size
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