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Age-standardized rate

Meaning in public health & epidemiology, with examples

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In public health & epidemiology, age-standardized rate means: A rate adjusted to remove the effect of differences in age structure, so that populations with more older or more younger people can be fairly compared.

In Turkish: yaşa standardize hız, yaşa göre standardize edilmiş hız

How it is used

Calculated with a standard population, such as the WHO or European standard population. Reports compare age-standardized mortality or incidence rates between countries, regions and years. British spelling: age-standardised. Also called an age-adjusted rate.

Example sentences

  1. The crude cancer death rate rose, but the age-standardized rate actually fell.

  2. We compared age-standardized rates of stroke across the seven regions.

Common collocations

  • age-standardized mortality rate
  • standard population
  • crude rate
  • age-adjusted rate
  • mortality rateThe number of deaths in a population during a period, divided by the size of that population, often given per 1,000 or 100,000 people per year.
  • incidenceThe number of new cases of a disease in a population during a set period, usually given as a rate such as 25 new cases per 100,000 people per year.
  • life expectancyThe average number of years a person of a given age can expect to live if current death rates stay the same, most often reported as life expectancy at birth.
  • burden of diseaseThe total impact of a disease or health problem on a population, measured by deaths, illness, disability and sometimes economic cost.

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