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Definition: Proportion
Category: OECD - Data and Metadata Reporting
A proportion is a special type of ratio in which the denominator includes the numerator. An example is the proportion of deaths that occurred to males which would be deaths to males divided by deaths to males plus deaths to females (i.e the total population). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/OECD_data_metadata_report_handbook_EN.pdf
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Palmore, J., Gardner, R.W., 1994, "Measuring mortality, fertility and natural increase: a self teaching guide to elementary measures", East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii [quoted in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), "Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook", OECD, Paris, 2007]
Palmore, J., Gardner, R.W., 1994, "Measuring mortality, fertility and natural increase: a self teaching guide to elementary measures", East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii [quoted in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), "Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook", OECD, Paris, 2007]
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