åldersmått
åldersmått is a Swedish term that literally translates to “age measure.” It is used primarily in the fields of epidemiology, demography, and public health to refer to statistical rates that have been standardized or adjusted for the effect of age. Because many health outcomes, such as mortality, incidence of disease, or utilization of health services, vary strongly with age, comparison between populations or over time requires a common age structure to avoid misleading conclusions.
In practice an åldersmått is obtained by applying the age‑specific rates of a study population to a
The calculation is analogous to the age‑standardized rate (ASR) used in English‑language literature, and it provides