official statistic

collocation in English

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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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statistic
noun
uk
/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/us
/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
information based on a study of the number of times something happens or is present, or other ...
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(Definition ofofficialandstatisticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theofficialstatisticis about 13 per cent, unemployment.
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That is an importantofficialstatisticto know.
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Is it really good enough that the onlyofficialstatisticon older homelessness is the number of people accepted as homeless on the grounds of age?
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Assists are a relatively new statistic in college basketball, having only become anofficialstatisticbeginning with the 198384 season.
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Officialstatisticstates that he received around 330 000 votes.
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In reality, caught stealing was not anofficialstatisticat the time and would not become one until 1951.
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Steals are a relatively new statistic in college basketball, having only become anofficialstatisticbeginning with the 198586 season.
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It considered the all-time record even though at the time stolen bases were not recorded as anofficialstatistic.
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There is noofficialstatistickept on street racing deaths.
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Blocks are a relatively new statistic in college basketball, having only become anofficialstatisticbeginning with the 198586 season.
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The hold is similar to the save, although it is not considered anofficialstatistic.
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No sources of evidence beyond the official statistics appear to have been examined.
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Official statistics do not distinguish deaths in hospices, which are included in 'communal establishments for the care of the sick'.
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For divorcees, the official statistics measure this by the legal definition of marriage duration, which is from wedding day to date of decree absolute.
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Official statistics indicate a rather active cooperative movement in the late 1970s.
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It exposes a human reality among the poor in developing countries, which may belittle or even falsify official statistics.
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The low rate of population growth is evidence of high out-migration, since official statistics are lacking.
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Figures between 150,000 and 250,000 concerned property owners - only for real estate - are frequently used by associations or newspapers but no verifiableofficialstatisticis available.
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In the meantime, official statistics underwent international aggregation and adjustments to correct for inflation, exchange rate and internal fluctuations.
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Thus, official statistics indicated that the rural cooperative movement was a success.
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