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Per capita is a Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 phrase meaning per head with per meaning "through" or "by" and capita (singular caput) meaning "heads." Both words together equate to the phrase "for each head."

It is usually used in the field of statistics
Statistics

Statistics is a Mathematics pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data. It also provides tools for prediction and forecasting based on data....
 to indicate the average
Average

In mathematics, an average, or central tendency of a data set refers to a measure of the "middle" or "Expected value" value of the data set....
 per person for any given concern, such as income
Income

Income, refers to consumption opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. However, for households and individuals, "income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings received......
, crime rate, etc.

It is also used in will
Will (law)

In common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person regulates the rights of others over his or her property or family after death....
s to indicate that each of the named beneficiaries should receive, by devise or bequest, equal shares of the estate.






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Per capita is a Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 phrase meaning per head with per meaning "through" or "by" and capita (singular caput) meaning "heads." Both words together equate to the phrase "for each head."

It is usually used in the field of statistics
Statistics

Statistics is a Mathematics pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data. It also provides tools for prediction and forecasting based on data....
 to indicate the average
Average

In mathematics, an average, or central tendency of a data set refers to a measure of the "middle" or "Expected value" value of the data set....
 per person for any given concern, such as income
Income

Income, refers to consumption opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. However, for households and individuals, "income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings received......
, crime rate, etc.

It is also used in will
Will (law)

In common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person regulates the rights of others over his or her property or family after death....
s to indicate that each of the named beneficiaries should receive, by devise or bequest, equal shares of the estate. This is in contrast to a per stirpes
Per stirpes

Per stirpes is a legal term in Latin . An estate of a decedent is distributed per stirpes, if each branch of the family is to receive an equal share of an Estate ....
 division, in which each branch of the inheriting family inherits an equal share of the estate. It is usually a sum divided by an amount of people.

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