Age-adjusted
Summary measures of rates of morbidity or mortality in a population using statistical procedures to remove the effect of age differences in populations that are being compared. Age is probably the most important and the most common variable in determining the risk of morbidity and mortality. | ||||
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age-adjusted
Modified to compensate for obscurative effects of age.
Modified to compensate for obscurative effects of age.