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Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Age Distribution
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Age Distribution
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Age Distribution
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Measurements > Demography > Age Distribution

Preferred term

Age Distribution  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • usually NIM; human & animal; do not confuse with AGE FACTORS

Scope note

  • The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.

History note

  • 94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017677

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