Abstract
The state of medical statistics, its significance and impact on health efficiency have always been important aspects. There is no doubt that the historical and medical aspects of the formation of Russian medical statistics, which perform the function of a true assessment of the medical industry, are relevant. this is reflected in the presented study using the example of “Zemstvo statistics”. Domestic medical statistics have always sought to representativeness of the analyzed indicators, which ensured its dynamic and qualitative development. The development of medical statistics in the format of accounting and initial analysis of population mortality is shown in the English “death bulletins” during epidemics. The study reflects the historical and medical aspects of medical statistics as methods of accounting and initial analysis of population mortality, which had an important social and social significance. Quite closely with modern realities, the postulate echoes: historically, the main thing in medical statistics is assumed to be a reliable reflection of the functioning of all services in the industry.