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A statistic of a human population describing a single vital or social characteristic, such as number of births or deaths, age, sex, income, etc.
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(2010). Demographic. In: Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R. (eds) Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78665-0_5463
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