2. Direct Standardization, using two distributions.
see A.J. Jaffe. Handbook of statistical methods for demographers.
Preliminary Edition. 1960. USGPO. 1951.
         North             South
Age      Pop   No.   Pro.  Pop   No.   Pro.              Pro. distri.
         wed   wed   wed   wed   wed   wed   a*f   c*d   of (a)of (d) (f)-(c)
         (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)   (e)   (f)   (g)   (h)    (i)   (j)     (k)

15-19     1611    82 0.051  2159   391 0.181   292   110 0.113 0.146  0.130
20-24     1613   626 0.388  1964  1192 0.607
25-29     1571  1059 0.674  1834  1429 0.779
30-34     1474  1136 0.771  1619  1324 0.818
35-39     1381  1101 0.797  1473  1202 0.816
40-44     1318  1051 0.797  1231   980 0.796
45-49     1225   952 0.777  1091   836 0.766
50-54     1061   767 0.723   917   653 0.712
55-59      848   555 0.654   734   480 0.654
60-64      712   398 0.559   595   335 0.563
65+       1394   460 0.330  1150   377 0.328
         14208  8187 0.576 14767  9199 0.623  8851  8509 1.000 1.000  0.047

South standardized by age comp of North (direct):  (g)Tot/(a)Tot =(1)
South standardized by age comp of North (indirect):(e)Tot/(h)Tot =(2)      diff=(1)*(2) =
North standardized by age comp of South (direct):     (h)Tot/(a)Tot =(3)
North standardized by age comp of South (indirect):   (b)Tot/(g)Tot =(4)      diff=(3)*(4) =



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