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Age-standardized Rates

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Rates Rates are a useful tool for comparing characteristics across different populations, different segments of a population, or the same population over time. One type of rate is a percentageFootnote 1. The number of Canadians who, for example, smoke or......

Rates Rates are a useful tool for comparing characteristics across different populations, different segments of a population, or the same population over time. One type of rate is a percentage Footnote 1 . The number of Canadians who, for example, smoke or are obese is often expressed as a percentage of the population to facilitate comparison across provinces, sexes and age groups. Crude Rates When rates are used to examine unusual events, such as certain crimes or the incidence of rare diseases, they are often expressed as the number of people or occurrences per 1,000 or 100,000 individuals i

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