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AGE-ADJUSTED RATE


Rates are a way to express how often an event (for example, a disease) happens in a group of people. However, “crude rates” can sometimes be biased by factors such as age. For example, the rate of som [..]
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AGE SPECIFIC RATE


A rate limited to a particular age group. The numerator is the number of cases or events in that age group; the denominator is the total number of people in that age group in the population of interes [..]
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AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE


A person descended from any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) who also maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. 
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anencephaly

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Asian


A person descended from any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Ph [..]
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Asthma


A disease that affects a person’s breathing and may restrict the ability to get oxygen to the lungs. For people with asthma, the inside of their airways can become irritated and inflamed and this may [..]
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AT-RISK GROUP


A group of people with common characteristics that make them more likely to encounter an exposure or develop a specific disease.  
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AVERAGE DAILY ADMISSION


The average number of people with a specified health issue (for example, asthma episode or heart attack) who visit an emergency department or are admitted to a hospital in a specific time frame (for e [..]
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bias


The result of a systematic error in the conduct or design of a study which leads to conclusions different from the truth. 
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BIRTH COUNT


Number of live births for a specified period of time and specific geographic area. 
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