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What is the difference between generating counts using a crude rate or an age-adjusted rate?

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What is the difference between generating counts using a crude rate or an age-adjusted rate?

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If you want to get a number of events in a particular population, or count, it is appropriate to use the crude rate statistic. This will give you the total number of events. If you use the age-adjusted rate, the count will exclude any event where age was not provided. So, the total number of events will probably be lower than the actual count.