age distribution

Preferred Label : age distribution;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : age distributions; distribution, age; distributions, age;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Population pyramid;

MeSH annotation : NIM; no qualif; human & animal; a statist concept: do not confuse with AGE FACTORS, more related to cause & effect; age-sex distribution: coord (NIM) with SEX DISTRIBUTION (NIM); usually NIM; human & animal; do not confuse with AGE FACTORS;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population pyramid;

Details

Origin ID

D017677;

UMLS CUI

C0001782;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Age Distribution [DeCS]
- Age distribution [UNESCO concept]
Record concept(s)
- age distribution [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- age factors [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Quantitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- age group [Q-code]

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