Some Japanese companies still don't get it, though, judging from their vital statistics.

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Now, we're going to be making it a regular thing, pulling together and musing on the week's vital statistics.

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They provide accurate vital statistics, teach medical students, uncover new diseases and spot old ones that may be spreading.

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Stephens was forced to use newspaper obituaries for the study because state vital statistics were unavailable to him at the time.

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For all the magic inherent in Svalbard's vital statistics, the main settlement of Longyearbyen speaks powerfully of humankind's troubled relationship with the Arctic environment.

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Once we'd managed to get in and connected the app to our Withings and Facebook accounts, we were asked to plumb in our vital statistics.

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Vital statistics of the six-legged robot with room for two drivers will include a weight of 4, 000lb (1, 815kg), a width of 18ft (5.5m) and engine size of 135 horsepower.

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You can also set up an account online and, if you're keen enough to record your historical measurements, can enter these in and build up a comprehensive store of your vital statistics.

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Labour AM Ann Jones paid tribute to Ms Sandbach's speech, saying it was vital for AMs to hear the human stories behind the statistics.

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