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<term>
  <id>14430</id>
  <title>age-specific death rate</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - age-specific death rate</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.14430</doi>
  <code>14430</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <synonym><em>synonyms</em>: age-specific mortality, age-specific number of individuals dying</synonym>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>Mean number of deaths as tabulated for a life table interval or for a specific age class in a given year, expressed per \(\pu{1000}\) in that interval or age class.</text>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>age class</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14427</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 837 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'age-specific death rate' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14430</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-04-19T06:42:16+00:00</accessed>
</term>
