population at risk
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S: CDC – https://www.shorturl.at/owAEK (last access: 4 September 2014); EUROSTAT – https://www.shorturl.at/hstS2 (last access: 6 October 2014).

N: 1. – population (n): 1610s, from Late Latin populationem (nominative populatio) “a people; a multitude,” as if from Latin populus “a people”. Population explosion is first attested 1953.
– at risk (adv): In a state or condition marked by a high level of risk or susceptibility.
2. The population at risk is the population that is exposed to the occurrence of a vital event, for example, the total population in the case of deaths, the legally married population in the case of divorces and so on.
3. At-risk populations: Individuals who are exposed to multiple risk factors that increase the likelihood that those individuals will commit delinquent or criminal acts … Other definitions of risk include the higher probability of having negative developmental outcomes, difficulties in social adaptation, academic success, and mental health …

S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/word/population#etymonline_v_30387 (last access: 26 October 2018); MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risk (last access: 26 October 2018). 2. OECD – https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=2081 (last access: 26 October 2018). 3. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.shorturl.at/fkHNU (last access: 6 October 2015).

SYN: 1. risk population. 2. at-risk population.

S: 1. NAVARRO p. 877. 2. http://www.health.state.mn.us/oep/responsesystems/atriskdef.html (last access: 6 October 2015); TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.shorturl.at/fkHNU (last access: 6 October 2015).

CR: neglected population, vulnerability.