Traditionally defined as 15 to 44 years of age. See also childbearing age. 

Rates are a way to express how often an event (for example, a disease) happens in a group of people. However, “crude rates” can sometimes be biased by factors such as age. For example, the rate of som [..]

A rate limited to a particular age group. The numerator is the number of cases or events in that age group; the denominator is the total number of people in that age group in the population of interes [..]

A person descended from any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) who also maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. 

A person descended from any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Ph [..]

A disease that affects a person’s breathing and may restrict the ability to get oxygen to the lungs. For people with asthma, the inside of their airways can become irritated and inflamed and this may [..]

A group of people with common characteristics that make them more likely to encounter an exposure or develop a specific disease.  

The average number of people with a specified health issue (for example, asthma episode or heart attack) who visit an emergency department or are admitted to a hospital in a specific time frame (for e [..]

The result of a systematic error in the conduct or design of a study which leads to conclusions different from the truth.