Population Group
population group
pop·u·la·tion group
Subclass of:
Demography; Persons
Definitions related to population group:
  • (population) Any finite or infinite collection of subjects from which a sample is drawn for a study to obtain estimates for values that would be obtained if the entire population were sampled.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A group of individuals united by a common factor (e.g., geographic location, ethnicity, disease, age, gender)
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Individuals classified according to their sex, racial and ethnic origin, religion, common place of living, financial or social status, or some other cultural or behavioral attribute.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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