What do fractions in demographic stats (such as birthrates, fertility rates, life expectancy, death rates, etc.) mean?

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• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  These things are averages, and the average of integers can be a non-integer. If two women have one child each and a third woman has two children, the average woman has 1.33 children. Is that what you meant?

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  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    my fav example is that the average person has ~1 testicle!

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    • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My favourite is that the average amount of legs is less than 2. So most people have an above average amount of legs.

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    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The average person contains more than one heart (due to late term pregnant women)

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• vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What is tripping you up exactly? Most statistics are population level averages, so they are divided by a large number.

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