Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

General rate (GENERAL rate)

Translation
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134-1	probability	إحتمال	pravděpodobnost	Wahrscheinlichkeit	probabilidad	probabilité	probabilità	確率	probabilidade	Вероятность	概率
134-2	chance —risk	مخاطرة	riziko	Risiko —Aussicht —Chance	riesgo	risque	rischio	機会 —危険（リスク）	chance —risco	Возможность —Риск	机会 —机遇
134-3	exposed to risk	تعرض	vystaven riziku	Risiko aussetzen, einem	expuestos al riesgo	exposé au risque	esposti al rischio	危険（リスク）にさらされた	expostos ao risco	Подверженность риску	显露在这种机遇的可能下
134-4	homogeneous	تجانس	homogenní	Homogenität	homogeneidad	homogénéité	omogeneità	同質的	homogêneo	Однородная (группа) —Гомогенная (группа)	均匀
134-5	heterogeneous	تفاوت	heterogenní	Heterogenität	heterogéneo	hétérogène	eterogenei	異質的な	heterogênea	Разнородное (население) —Гетерогенное (население)	较杂异的
134-6	specific rate	معدل خاص	specifická míra	spezifische Ziffer	tasas específicas	taux spécifique —taux spécialisé	quozienti specifici	特殊率	taxas específicas	Специальный Коэффициент	分组别率
134-7	general rate	معدل العام	obecná míra	allgemeine Ziffer	tasas generales	taux général	tassi generici	総率	Taxas gerais	Общих коэффициент	一般率

The relative frequency (133-5) of a non-renewable event is often regarded as an empirical measure of the probability ¹ of occurrence of that event. This presumes that all the individuals who appear in the denominator have been exposed to risk ³ in some way, i.e. there must have been a chance ² or risk ² that the event in question could happen to them. The use of the term "risk" does not imply that the event in question is in any way unwanted; thus the term "risk of marriage" is used. The population is often divided into different sub-groups, in which the risk of the event in question is less variable between individuals than in the population as a whole; the subgroup is more homogeneous ⁴ with respect to the risk than the relatively heterogeneous ⁵ whole population. Rates calculated for such subgroups are called specific rates ⁶ as opposed to crude rates (136-8) which apply to the population as a whole. General rates ⁷ sometimes involve an age restriction, as in the instance of general fertility rates (633-8).