Age Adjustment Using the 2000 Projected U.S. Population

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• Personal Author:
  Klein, Richard J. ; Schoenborn, Charlotte A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Reprinted
  
  Age adjustment, using the direct method, is the application of observed age-specific rates to a standard age distribution to eliminate differences in crude rates in populations of interest that result from differences in the populations’ age distributions. This adjustment is usually done when comparing two or more populations at one point in time or one population at two or more points in time. Age adjustment is particularly relevant when populations being compared have different age structures, for example, the U.S. white and Hispanic populations. The classic literature on age adjusting, as well as more recent National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) publications, has focused on adjusting death rates and provides comprehensive discussions of age-adjustment techniques. However, age adjustment can be applied to any population-based event.
  
  Suggested citation: Klein RJ, Schoenborn CA. Age adjustment using the 2000 projected U.S. population. Healthy People Statistical Notes, no. 20. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. January 2001.
  
  statnt20.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Age Distribution Data Collection Forecasting Government Agencies Humans Mortality Statistical Distributions
• Series:
  Healthy People 2010
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  10 Pages
• Citation:
  Healthy People 2010 Stat Notes. 2001 Jan:(20):1-10.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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