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Definition: Population-at-risk
Category: Social statistics
(1) For vital statistics purposes, the population that is subject to the occurrence of a vital event, such as the total population in the case of deaths or the legally married population in the case of divorces. (2) For the calculation of specified vital statistics rates, the number (denominator) by which the number of vital events (numerator) is divided. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_84_EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems", Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 84, New York, 2002
United Nations, "Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems", Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 84, New York, 2002
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