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Descriptor English: Age Distribution
Descriptor Spanish: Distribución por Edad
Descriptor Distribución por Edad
Entry term(s) distribución etaria
Scope note: Frecuencia de diferentes edades o grupos de edad en una población determinada. La distribución puede ser cuantitativa o proporcional respecto del grupo. Las poblaciones suelen estar constituidas por pacientes con una determinada enfermedad, aunque el concepto no se restringe únicamente a las personas ni a la medicina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Distribuição por Idade
Descriptor French: Répartition par âge
Entry term(s): Age Distributions
Distribution, Age
Distributions, Age
Tree number(s): I01.240.050
N01.224.033
N06.850.505.400.050
SP3.311.300.312.289
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017677
Scope note: The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.
Annotation: usually NIM; human & animal; do not confuse with AGE FACTORS
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Age Factors (1968-1993)
Aging (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31670
Unique ID: D017677
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2016/02/08
Age Distribution - Preferred
Concept UI M0026734
Scope note The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.
Preferred term Age Distribution
Entry term(s) Age Distributions
Distribution, Age
Distributions, Age



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