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Article: Rates: Age-Specific
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RATES: AGE-SPECIFIC
An age-specific rate is the rate measured in a particular age group. The numerator and the denominator for this rate refer to the same age group, that is, both have the same age distribution. Thus, for instance, the age-specific death rate of persons aged 45 to 64 is:
Age-specific rates are normally used to display aspects of health experience, such as causes of death, for the population of a nation or of jurisdictional divisions such as states, cities, and counties within a nation; they are also used to compare the health and mortality experience among many nations. Usually, these rates are ...