Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Age Distribution

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Age Distributions
  • Distribution, Age
  • Distributions, Age

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Indexing Annotation

usually NIM; human & animal; do not confuse with AGE FACTORS

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History Note

94

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Previous Indexing

  • Age Factors (1968-1993)
  • Aging (1966-1967)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.240w.050
  2. N01.224w.033
  3. N06.850w.505.400w.050

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Age Distribution. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017677. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017677
  2. Age Distribution. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67102071