Per Capita

Definitions: Per Capita

Per Capita

Adjective

1. Per person; "among the states Connecticut has a high per capita income".

Adverb

1. Per person; "we are spending $5,000 per capita annually for education in this district".

Synonyms: Per Capita

Synonyms: for each person (adv), of each person (adv). (additional references)

Per capita is a Latin phrase (meaning per head) defined as the median (or average) per person of any given statistic, most commonly used with income.

Crosswords: Per Capita

English words defined with "per capita": Central American country, Central American nation ♦ for each person ♦ Guatemala ♦ of each person ♦ Per, per capita income ♦ Republic of Guatemala. (references)

Specialty definitions using "per capita": average income per capita, average per capita income ♦ Capitation Fee ♦ Developed Countries, Developing countries, Domestic Consumption ♦ GNP per capita growth, GNP per capita,atlas method ♦ Industrial Consumption ♦ low income countries ♦ MEGAWATT HOUR ♦ per capita consumption, per capita premium, per capita tax, per capita use ♦ relatively less developed ♦ Underdeveloped Country ♦ Wheat. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Per Capita" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (per capita), Swedish (per capita).

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Line graph showing annual adult per capita cigarette consumption and major smoking and health events--United States, 1900-1998. Tobacco.Credit: CDC.		Per capita ethanol consumption by beverage type, United States, 1977-98.Credit: NIAA.
	Percent change in per capita ethanol consumption, United States, 1977-98.Credit: NIAA.		Apparent per capita alcohol consumption in gallons of ethanol for population 14 years and older by state, United States, 1996.Credit: NIAA.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The S/HMO's receive 100 percent of the Medicare Average Adjusted Per Capita Cost (compared to the 95 percent other Medicare HMO's receive) and use a special rate cell risk adjustment that pays them more for people who are more disabled (and correspondingly less for enrollees who are healthy). (references)
Business		Singaporeans' incomes continue to grow (GDP per capita is now close to US$30,000). (references)
		It has, for example, twice as many bank branches per capita as does the United States. (references)
		The plastic processing per capita in Poland is 40 kg and is one of the lowest in Europe. (references)
Civil Liberties	Iceland	Such recognition is necessary for religious organizations other than the state church to receive a per capita share of church tax funds from the Government. (references)
Economic History	Luxembourg	Luxembourg currently maintains the highest GDP per capita (USD $42,400) within the EU and has experienced a record of steady non-inflationary economic growth since 1985. Positive economic performance is expected to continue in the foreseeable future. (references)
	Russia	Industrial output increased by a healthy 9 percent in 2000, up from 8.1 percent growth in 1999. However, current GDP per capita is just USD 1,707 well below the potential of a country which boasts a highly educated population and abundant natural resources. (references)
Minorities	Colombia	Choco remains the department with the lowest per capita level of social investment and is last in terms of education, health, and infrastructure. (references)
	Israel and the occupied territories	In addition government spending is proportionally far lower in predominantly Arab areas than in Jewish areas; on a per capita basis, the Government spends two-thirds as much for Arabs as for Jews. (references)
Political Economy	Jordan	However, the economy continues to suffer from chronically high unemployment, and per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth since 1996 has stagnated between 1 and 2 percent above population growth rates. (references)
Trade	Indonesia	IBRD provides funding for creditworthy developing countries with relatively high per capita income, as well as technical assistance and policy advice. (references)
	Egypt	The IBRD provides funding for creditworthy developing countries with relatively high per capita income. (references)
	Switzerland	While Swiss consumers have one of the highest levels of per capita expenditures for food, totaling over $4,000 per year, and Switzerland imports about $6 billion of agricultural products per year, structural impediments in the Swiss market and high tariffs restrict imports. (references)
Travel	Ireland	While Ireland has more paved road on a per capita basis than any other country in the EU, it lacks an efficient network of highways. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can with some difficulty be made, and which is used also for bread. The French are said to eat more bread per capita of population than any other people, which is natural, for only they know how to make the stuff palatable.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	You know, I'm proud of the fact the United States has more houses of worship per capita than any country in the world.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "per capita": average income per capita ♦ average per capita income ♦ GNP per capita growth ♦ per capita consumption ♦ per capita income ♦ per capita premium ♦ per capita quota ♦ per capita tax. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "per capita"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		për frymë. (various references)

Arabic		‏لكل فرد (apiece), ‏للنفر. (various references)

Bulgarian		на глава от населението. (various references)

Chinese		人均 . (various references)

Czech		na hlavu (per head). (various references)

Danish		produktion pr.indbygger (output per head, per capita output), præmie per person (per capita premium), realloenmasse pro persona (real per capita emoluments), indkomst pr.indbygger (income per head, per capita income), forbrug pr.indbygger (per capita consumption), den foreliggende undersoegelse indeholder en vurdering af den gennemsnitlige gonadedosis pr. person fra fjernsynsapparater i hjemmene (the present study includes an estimate of the average per capita dose to the gonads from home television sets), bruttonationalprodukt pr.indbygger (per capita GDP), BNP-vækst pr.indbygger (GNP per capita growth), BNP pr.indbygger,atlasmetoden (atlas method, GNP per capita), BNP pr.indbygger (per capita GDP). (various references)

Dutch		produktie per hoofd (output per head, per capita output), per capita-premie (per capita premium), verbruik per hoofd (per capita consumption, per capita(tobacco)consumption), toedeling per hoofd van de bevolking (per capita allocation), toedeling per capita (per capita allocation), loonsom in reële bedragen per persoon (real per capita emoluments), inkomen per hoofd (income per head, per capita income), hoofdsgewijze verdeling (distribution per capita), emissie per hoofd van de bevolking (per capita emission), emissie per capita (per capita emission), bruto nationaal product - groei per inwoner (GNP per capita growth), BNP per hoofd van de bevolking, atlasconversie (atlas method, GNP per capita), bij dit onderzoek is tevens een schatting gemaakt van de gemiddelde gonadendosis per hoofd, afkomstig van huiskamertelevisie-ontvangers (the present study includes an estimate of the average per capita dose to the gonads from home television sets). (various references)

Finnish		Maailmanpankin atlas-menetelmä (atlas method, GNP per capita), henkilömäärään perustuva maksu (per capita premium), BKTL:n volyymikasvu henkeä kohti (GNP per capita growth), BKTL henkeä kohden (atlas method, GNP per capita). (various references)

French		par tête, par personne (per head), par habitant (per head). (various references)

German		pro kopf (capita, per person). (various references)

Greek		κατ' άτομον. (various references)

Hebrew		ל�'ול�'ולת (per head). (various references)

Hungarian		per fő. (various references)

Italian		pro capite. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		均等割り (on or at a per capita basis). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		き�"とうわり (on or at a per capita basis). (various references)

Pig Latin		erpay apitacay

Portuguese		por ano, per capita. (various references)

Romanian		pe cap de om. (various references)

Russian		на душу населения. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		po glavi (capita: per capita, per head). (various references)

Spanish		por cabeza (apiece, per head), per cápita. (various references)

Swedish		per capita. (various references)

Turkish		kişi başına (per head). (various references)

Ukranian		на душу населення (per head). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-p-p-r-t"
	-2 letters: apteria, crappie, epicarp, paprica, parapet, paretic, periapt, picrate.
	-3 letters: appear, capita, capper, carate, carpet, peptic, picara, pirate, preact, tapper, tipper.
	-4 letters: acari, aceta, aecia, apace, apart, apter, areca, areic, atria, atrip, caper, carat, caret, carpi, carte, cater, ceria, citer, crape, crate, crept, cripe, epact, erica, irate, pacer, paper, parae, pater, peart, pieta, piper.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-p-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: appreciate.
	+2 letters: appreciated, appreciates, appreciator, participate.
	+3 letters: appreciating, appreciation, appreciative, appreciators, appreciatory, participated, participates.
	+4 letters: appreciations, participative, precapitalist, reapplication, unappreciated.
	+5 letters: appreciatively, hyperparasitic, inappreciative, parthenocarpic, petrographical, precapitalists, reapplications, unappreciation, unappreciative.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 65 72 43 61 70 69 74 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110000 01101001 01110100 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#67 &#97 &#112 &#105 &#116 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0072 0043 0061 0070 0069 0074 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
per capita income	65
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Per Capita

Definitions: Per Capita

Per Capita

Adjective

Adverb

Synonyms: Per Capita

Specialty Definition: Per capita

Crosswords: Per Capita

Photo Album: Per Capita

Non-Fiction Usage: Per Capita

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Per Capita

Bill Clinton

Expressions: Per Capita

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Per Capita

Modern Translations: Per Capita

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Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

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Turkish

Ukranian

Anagrams: Per Capita

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Per Capita

50 65 72 43 61 70 69 74 61

01010000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110000 01101001 01110100 01100001

&#80 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#67 &#97 &#112 &#105 &#116 &#97

0050 0065 0072 0043 0061 0070 0069 0074 0061

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