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Age-standardized mortality rate — Age standardized mortality rates are used to compare the mortality rates of places without being skewed by the difference in age distributions from place to place. Standardized rates are favored over Crude Rates because they take age groups into… … Wikipedia
Standardized rate — Standardized rates are a statistical measure of any rates in a population. The most common are birth, death and unemployment rates.The formula for standardized rates is as follows:: ∑(crude rate for age group times; standard population for age… … Wikipedia
standardized mortality ratio — (SMR) the ratio of the number of observed deaths in a study population to the number of expected deaths in that population. The expected deaths are calculated by classifying the study group by demographic variables such as age, sex, or race;… … Medical dictionary
mortality rate — mortality, mortality rate The death rate, usually standardized by age and sex, to facilitate comparisons between areas and social groups. It provides a measure of health risks, improvements in the quality of health care, and the comparative… … Dictionary of sociology
Standardised mortality rate — Standardized mortality ratio (indirect age adjustment) is often used when numbers of deaths for each age specific stratum are not available. It is also used to study mortality in an occupationally exposed population: Do people who work in a… … Wikipedia
Basal metabolic rate — (BMR), and the closely related resting metabolic rate (RMR), is the amount of daily energy expended by humans and animals at rest. Rest is defined as existing in a neutrally temperate environment while in the post absorptive state. In plants,… … Wikipedia
School leaving age — World map to show school leaving age The school leaving age (also known in North America as dropout age or minimum dropout age) states the minimum age person is legally allowed to leave compulsory education (usually of the secondary kind). Most… … Wikipedia
crude rate — the total number of events (e.g. cases of lung cancer) expressed as a rate per 1000 population. When factors such as age structure or sex of populations can significantly affect the rates (as in mortality or morbidity rates) it is more meaningful … The new mediacal dictionary
crude rate — the total number of events (e.g. cases of lung cancer) expressed as a percentage (or rate per 1000, etc.) of the whole population. When factors such as age structure or sex of populations may seriously affect their rates (as in mortality or… … Medical dictionary
B movies (Hollywood Golden Age) — The B movie, whose roots trace to the silent film era, was a significant contributor to Hollywood s Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s. As the Hollywood studios made the transition to sound film in the late 1920s, many independent exhibitors began … Wikipedia
