Standard population
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Standard population is a population that is used to scale regional or national numbers such as disease rates. This facilitates comparisons, as the different age and sex distributions can be normalised.
Question
What are the most typical standard populations?
Answer
Eurostat uses a standard population published in 2013. It is based on population of 2010 [1].
WHO Euro uses the 1976 European standard population, see e.g. ECHIM-indicators [2]
WHO HQ has used 1976 world standard population, but it has suggested new standard population in 2001, based on population in 2001 [3]
OECD uses a standard population based on the OECD countries [4]
Rationale
Data from Mika Gissler (personal communication 26 March 2015).