age-adjusted rate

Definition / meaning of age-adjusted rate

An age-adjusted incidence or mortality rate is a weighted average of the age-specific incidence or mortality rates, where the weights are the proportions of persons in the corresponding age groups of a standard million population. The potential confounding effect of age is reduced when comparing age-adjusted rates computed using the same standard million population.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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