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Standardization of rates and ratios - epidemiolog.net
6. Standardization of rates and ratios * Concepts and basic methods for deriving measures that are comparable across populations that differ in age and other demographic variables. Overview Epidemiologists are always mindful of population diversity. Virtually every large population is heterogeneous in regard to sociodemographic ( , age, gender, education, religion), geographic, genetic, occupational, dietary, medical history, and innumerable other personal attributes and environmental factors related to health. A population can be viewed as a composite of diverse subgroups (ultimately, subgroups of size one, , individuals, but epidemiologic measures break down at that point).
6. Standardization of rates and ratios*. Concepts and basic methods for deriving measures that are comparable across populations that differ in age and other demographic variables.
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