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(Etienne van de Walle et al., second 1982 edition)
 
(Eugen Grebenik et al., first edition 1958)
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|135_1_1_en_I Provisional.ogg|'''provisional'''
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|135_2_1_en_I Final.ogg|'''final'''
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|135_3_1_en_I Provisional rate.ogg|'''provisional rate'''
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|135_4_1_en_I Final rates.ogg|'''final rates'''
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|135_5_1_en_I Revised rate.ogg|'''revised rate'''
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|135_6_1_en_I Corrected rate.ogg|'''corrected rate'''
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|135_7_2_en_I Adjusted rate.ogg|'''adjusted rate'''
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|135_7_3_en_I Corrected rate.ogg|'''corrected rate'''
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|135_8_1_en_I Crude rate.ogg|'''crude rate'''
 
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[[en-II:Provisional]] [[ar-II:بيانات وقتية]] [[cs-II:Předběžné]] [[de-II:Vorläufig]] [[es-II:Provisionales]] [[et-II:Esialgseteks andmeteks]] [[fr-II:Provisoires]] [[ja-II:暫定的]] [[ru-II:Предварительными]] [[zh-II:临时性]]  
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[[en-I:provisional]] [[ar-I:بيانات مبدئية (بدا)]] [[de-I:vorläufig]] [[es-I:provisionales]] [[fi-I:ennakkotieto]] [[fr-I:provisoire]] [[it-I:provvisorio]] [[pl-I:tymczasowe dane]] [[pt-I:PRELIMINAR]] [[ru-I:Предварительные данные]]  
 
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[[Category:Term of the second edition of the multilingual demographic Dictionary]]
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[[Category:Term of the first edition of the multilingual demographic Dictionary]]
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[[Category:General concepts]]
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Provisional  (PROVISIONAL)


Age-specific rates 1 are computed for single years of age or for age groups (age-group specific rate 2★ or age group-specific rate 2★). Duration-specific rates 3 take into account the time elapsed since a baseline event 4 or event-origin 4 such as marriage or a previous birth. Central rates 10 are obtained by dividing the number of events during a year, or some other period (often five years) either by the average population 6 or mid-year population 6 or by the number of person-years 7 of exposure to the event in question during that year or period; the number of person-years is the sum, expressed in years, of the exposure time for all individuals in the observed group, over the year or period. The term rate is sometimes used also for another type of measure, obtained by dividing the number of non-renewable events in a year or a period of years by the size of the cohort considered at the beginning of the year or period; this measure is sometimes called an attrition probability 5 or more simply a probability 5, and contrasted with the central rate, defined earlier. In this paragraph, the word "period" has referred to a length of time. In the expression period rates 8, however, the word is used in its chronological meaning and refers to a specific calendar year or group of years; it is opposed to cohort rate 9 or generation rate 9.

  • 5. The word quotient, used in French for this type of rate, has sometimes been used in English.

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