Statistical Terms Glossary

See: Date of cessation (of enterprise)

See: Date of cessation (of legal unit)

See: Date of cessation (of local unit)

Date of first marriage comprises the day, month and year when the first marriage took place. In countries where date of first marriage is difficult to obtain, it is advisable to collect information on age at marriage or on how many years ago the marriage took place (duration of marriage).

The date of first registration of a motor vehicle is the first-time registration of the vehicle as new in a Motor Vehicle Register, irrespective of the nationality of the register.

The date of occurrence of a vital event is the exact day, month and year (Gregorian calendar), as well as the hour and minute, if appropriate, when the event occurred.

Date from which interest is calculated on a new bond or other debt instrument.

Daily day care for children of preschool age (pre-primary education)

As reported by the police or other authorities

Unit of sound level measurement defined in ISO Standard 80000-3:2006.
- dBA (A-weighted decibel): unit of sound level measurement, which incorporates a frequency weighting approximating the characteristics of human hearing.

Defined benefit plans

Defined contribution plans

DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) an insecticide highly toxic to biota, including humans. This is a persistent biochemical which accumulates in the food chain

For census purposes, the total population of the country consists of all the persons falling within the scope of the census. In the broadest sense, the total may comprise either all usual residents of the country or all persons present in the country at the time of the census. The total of all usual residents is generally referred to as the de jure population.

Minor creditors that are exempted from debt restructuring to simplify implementation of the Paris Club restructuring agreements. Their claims are payable in full as they fall due. An exposure limit defining a minor creditor is specified in each Agreed Minute.

Rule whereby banks with exposure below a specified amount would be exempted from requests to participate in new money packages.

The total weight of undersized, unshakeable or otherwise undesirable whole fish discarded dead at the time of capture or shortly afterwards.

The difference between the displacement in tonnes of a ship on summer load-line in water with a specific gravity of 1,025 and the total weight of the ship, i.e. the displacement in tonnes of a ship without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water and drinking water in the tanks, usable supplies as well as passengers, crew and their possessions.

The deadweight welfare loss is a measure of the dollar value of consumers' surplus lost (but not transferred to producers) as a consequence of a price increase.

Party to an options transaction; Individual or firm acting as a principal in the stock market.

The permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (postnatal cessation of vital functions without capability of resuscitation).

The death of an enterprise group is the cessation of all control links, direct or indirect, between the legal units of which the enterprise group consists. The legal units become independent again or cease to exist. No other enterprise group is involved.

The death of an enterprise refers to the dissolution of a combination of production factors with the restriction that no other enterprises are involved in the event. Deaths do not include exits from the population due to mergers, take-overs, break-ups or restructuring of a set of enterprises. It does not include exits from a sub population resulting only from a change of activity.

Deaths due to NCDs among people aged below 70 years, as a percentage of NCD deaths among all ages.