Age Distribution

"Age Distribution" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D017677
MeSH Number(s)	I01.240.050 N01.224.033 N06.850.505.400.050
Concept/Terms	Age Distribution Age Distribution Age Distributions Distribution, Age Distributions, Age

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Demography [I01.240]
Age Distribution [I01.240.050]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Age Distribution [N01.224.033]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Age Distribution [N06.850.505.400.050]

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Bar chart showing 222 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	4	4
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	2	2
2002	0	9	9
2003	0	13	13
2004	0	14	14
2005	0	14	14
2006	0	8	8
2007	0	12	12
2008	0	11	11
2009	0	12	12
2010	0	15	15
2011	0	9	9
2012	0	13	13
2013	0	12	12
2014	0	11	11
2015	0	16	16
2016	0	5	5
2017	0	10	10
2018	0	7	7
2019	0	6	6
2020	0	4	4
2021	0	7	7
2023	1	0	1
2024	0	3	3
2025	0	1	1

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Chiu DW, Rashad N, Kordy N, Shash E, Soliman A. Epidemiologic and clinical profiles of colorectal cancer in Southern Egypt. BMC Gastroenterol. 2025 Aug 08; 25(1):569.

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Rodriguez DM, Madewell ZJ, Torres JM, Rivera A, Wong JM, Santiago GA, Rivera-Amill V, Paz-Bailey G, Marzan-Rodriguez M, Adams LE. Epidemiology of Dengue - Puerto Rico, 2010-2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2024 Dec 12; 73(49):1112-1117.

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Margines JB, Huang C, Young A, Yu F, Coleman AL. Epidemiological Characteristics Associated with Astigmatism in a Population of 3- to 5-Year-Old Children in Los Angeles, CA. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2025 Aug; 32(4):437-442.

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Shih CA, Li CC, Chang YF, Hwang JS, Tsai MC, Chou YY, Lin CJ, Huang MT, Hong CK, Tai TW, Wu CH. Demographics and medical burden of osteogenesis imperfecta: a nationwide database analysis. Osteoporos Int. 2024 Jul; 35(7):1185-1193.

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Ishikawa KM, Matsunaga M, Ahn HJ, Siriwardhana C, Chen JJ. Age and Sex Distributions of 31 Common Racial Groups in Hawai'i: A Shiny Web Application. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2023 10; 82(10 Suppl 1):89-96.

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Saunders N, Guttmann A, Brownell M, Cohen E, Fu L, Guan J, Sarkar J, Mahar A, Gandhi S, Fiksenbaum L, Katz A, Eze N, Stukel TA. Pediatric primary care in Ontario and Manitoba after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study. CMAJ Open. 2021 Oct-Dec; 9(4):E1149-E1158.

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Howard JT, Sparks CS, Santos-Lozada AR, Olowolaju SA, Janak JC, Howard KJ. Trends in Mortality Among Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Women in the US, 2015-2019. JAMA. 2021 Oct 26; 326(16):1631-1633.

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Mendy VL, Rowell-Cunsolo T, Bellerose M, Vargas R, Zhang L, Enkhmaa B. Temporal Trends in Hypertension Death Rate in Mississippi, 2000-2018. Am J Hypertens. 2021 09 22; 34(9):956-962.

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Parada H, Vu AH, Pinheiro PS, Thompson CA. Comparing Age at Cancer Diagnosis between Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 10; 30(10):1904-1912.

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Ebrahimi Kalan M, Jebai R, Bursac Z, Popova L, Gautam P, Li W, Alqahtani MM, Taskin T, Atwell LL, Richards J, Ward KD, Behaleh R, Ben Taleb Z. Trends and Factors Related to Blunt Use in Middle and High School Students, 2010-2020. Pediatrics. 2021 07; 148(1).

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