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  2. Age disparity in sexual relationships - Wikipedia

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    In sexual relationships, concepts of age disparity, including what defines an age disparity, have developed over time and vary among societies. Differences in age preferences for mates can stem from partner availability, gender roles, and evolutionary mating strategies, and age preferences in sexual partners may vary cross-culturally.

  3. East Asian age reckoning - Wikipedia

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    The age qualifier for tobacco and alcohol use is actually similar to, but distinct from the East Asian reckoning system. A person is allowed tobacco and alcohol if it is after January 1 of the year one turns 19 (post-birth age). This is the "year age", which is basically (Korean age – 1), or when a person's Korean age is 20.

  4. Age adjustment - Wikipedia

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    In each age category over age 24, Indigenous Australians had markedly higher rates of circulatory disease than the general population: 5% vs 2% in age group 25–34, 12% vs 4% in age group 35–44, 22% vs 14% in age group 45–54, and 42% vs 33% in age group 55+.

  5. List of countries by median age - Wikipedia

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    It is the only index associated with the age distribution of a population. [1] Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 18 or less in most Least Developed countries to 40 or more in most European countries, Canada, Cuba , Hong kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand . [2] [3] The median age of women tends to be much greater ...

  6. Disability-adjusted life year - Wikipedia

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    More than 80,000. Disability-adjusted life years ( DALYs) are a measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability, or early death. It was developed in the 1990s as a way of comparing the overall health and life expectancy of different countries. DALYs have become more common in the field of ...

  7. Life table - Wikipedia

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    Life table. In actuarial science and demography, a life table (also called a mortality table or actuarial table) is a table which shows, for each age, the probability that a person of that age will die before their next birthday ("probability of death "). In other words, it represents the survivorship of people from a certain population. [1]

  8. Gestational age - Wikipedia

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    For example, if there is a gestational age based on the beginning of the last menstrual period of 9.0 weeks, and a first-trimester obstetric ultrasonography gives an estimated gestational age of 10.0 weeks (with a 2 SD variability of ±8% of the estimate, thereby giving a variability of ±0.8 weeks), the difference of 1.0 weeks between the ...

  9. Ages of consent by country - Wikipedia

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    Retrieved on November 4, 2014. "Florida [ ... ]A child under 16 years of age cannot consent to sexual activity, regardless of the age of the defendant. [189] A child who is at least 16 years of age and less than 18 years of age cannot consent to sexual activity if the defendant is 24 years of age or older."