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age   2 definitions

Interval of time between birth and the present time, expressed in completed units of solar time. For adults and children, age is usually measured in completed years, while for infants or very young children, in completed months, weeks, days, hours or minutes of life, as appropriate.
The length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed.

Context: Age can be expressed as a number, e.g. 25 years old, or as a range, e.g. "between 25 and 29 years" or "6 to 11 months".
It is in general a coded concept.

Source: SDMX (2009)

Hyperlink: http://www.sdmx.org/

Creation: 1/30/2008 12:00:00 AM

Update: 2/21/2008 12:00:00 AM

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