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. 1980 Winter;1(3):49–73.

Table G. Approximate Standard Error for Percent Distribution of Services—Aged.

Percent Base of percent (services in thousands)

10 20 30 50 70 100 200 300 500 700 1,000 2,000 3,000 5,000 7,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 50,000 70,000 100,000 200,000 300,000
1 or 99 7.1 5.0 4.1 3.2 2.7 2.3 1.6 1.3 1.0 .87 .73 .52 .42 .33 .28 .24 .17 .14 .11 .094 .081 .061 .053
2 or 98 10 7.1 5.8 4.5 3.8 3.2 2.3 1.9 1.4 1.2 1.0 .73 .60 .46 .39 .33 .24 .20 .15 .13 .11 .086 .074
3 or 97 12 8.6 7.1 5.5 4.7 3.9 2.8 2.3 1.8 1.5 1.3 .89 .73 .57 .48 .40 .29 .24 .19 .16 .14 .10 .090
5 or 95 16 11 9.0 7.0 5.9 5.0 3.5 2.9 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.1 .93 .72 .61 .52 .37 .30 .24 .21 .18 .13 .12
7 or 93 18 13 11 8.2 7.0 5.8 4.1 3.4 2.6 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.1 .85 .72 .60 .43 .36 .28 .24 .21 .16 .13
10 or 90 21 15 12 9.7 8.2 6.9 4.9 4.0 3.1 2.6 2.2 1.6 1.3 .99 .84 .71 .51 .42 .33 .28 .24 .18 .16
20 or 80 28 20 17 13 11 9.1 6.5 5.3 4.1 3.5 2.9 2.1 1.7 1.3 1.1 .94 .67 .56 .44 .37 .32 .24 .21
30 or 70 33 23 19 15 12 10 7.4 6.1 4.7 4.0 3.4 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.3 1.1 .77 .63 .50 .43 .36 .27 .23
50 35 25 21 16 14 11 8.1 6.6 5.7 4.3 3.6 2.6 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.2 .84 .69 .54 .46 .39 .29 .24