Perearst on kohustatud käesoleva seaduse § 56 lõike 1 punkti 1 alusel kehtestatud nõuete kohaselt koostama tervishoiustatistika ja tervishoiualase majandustegevuse aruandeid ning esitama need maavanemale.
In some countries health statistics forms a part of demographic statistics, in others it is restricted to a "book-keeping account" of health service activities; in others, however, it may be interpreted in a much wider sense and comprise, inter alia, health service statistics, etc.