Censuses
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Definition
Enumerations of populations usually recording identities of all persons in every place of residence with age or date of birth, sex, occupation, national origin, language, marital status, income, relation to head of household, information on the dwelling place, education, literacy, health-related data (e.g., permanent disability), etc. The census or numbering of the people is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. Among the Romans, censuses were intimately connected with the enumeration of troops before and after battle and probably a military necessity. (From Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 3d ed; Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed, p66, p119)
MeSH classification
- I01.240.205
- N01.224.175
- N06.850.505.400.225
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Emigration and Immigration
The process of leaving one's country to establish residence in a foreign country.
Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D019352) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗