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Glossary Term
Age-specific
Term
Age-specific
Synonym
Related Term
Source of Definition
Short Definition
Statistical Activity
Demography
Definition
A measure relating to an age group. Age-specific rates are commonly calculated for
fertility
,
mortality
,
marriage
,
marriage dissolution
and
abortion
.
Example
Age-specific fertility rates are usually expressed in terms of the experience of women within each five-year age group (15–
19, 20–24, 25
–
29 years, etc.), or they can also be expressed in terms of single-year of age rates.
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