Definitions for percentage point
per·cent·age point

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1. decimal point, percentage point, pointnoun

   the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

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1. percentage pointnoun

   one hundredth of a given value, used to measure the difference of two percentages. For example, the difference between 20 percent and 30 percent is 10 percentage points, not 10 percent.

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1. Percentage point

   A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, the unit (the percentage point) is usually either written out, or abbreviated as pp or p.p. to avoid confusion with percentage increase or decrease in the actual quantity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points".

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1. percentage point

   A percentage point is a unit of measure used in statistics and mathematics to describe the absolute difference or change between two percentages. It is independent of the level of the percentages being compared. For example, if the interest rate on a loan increases from 5% to 6%, it has increased by one percentage point, not one percent.

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1. Percentage point

   A percentage point is the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages. Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 40 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 30 percent smoked. We can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the incidence of smoking decreased by 10 percentage points even though smoking did not decrease by 10 percent – percentages indicate ratios, not differences. Percentage points are also used to express the difference of risks or probabilities. Consider for instance a certain drug, which cures a given disease in 70 percent of all cases; without the drug, the disease heals spontaneously in only 50 percent of cases. The drug thus causes an absolute risk reduction of 20 percentage points. Here the reciprocal is especially meaningful and is known as the number needed to treat: 1/ = 1/0.20 = 5; if you treat 5 patients with the drug, you can expect to heal one more case of the disease than you would have without using the drug. For measurements with percentage as unit, like growth, yield, or ejection fraction, the standard deviation will have percentage points as unit. Mistakenly using percentage as the unit for the standard deviation is confusing since percentage is also used as a unit for the relative standard deviation, i.e., the standard deviation divided by the average value.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of percentage point in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of percentage point in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of percentage point in a Sentence

1. Richard Franulovich:

   A follow-up Fed hike could come as soon as March, aided and abetted by favorable oil price base-effects that will lift inflation almost a percentage point and a potentially mild winter, we should see a resumption of the dollar's longer-term uptrend as 2016 progresses.

2. Dean Baker:

   We're not talking about raising or lowering inflation by a percentage point or even a half a percentage point. We're talking about a really small impact, but for individuals this makes a big difference. It wipes out more than half the debt for more than half the borrowers. That's a big deal.

3. Frank Melum:

   Many of the 2030 targets reflect policies that have already been adopted, for example renewable targets and power plant regulations, so in a way countries are promising what they are fairly confident they can deliver on, ambitions could increase should they take on new measures, but for every percentage point it will get harder.

4. John Lott:

   A poll by( the) Pew( Research Center) helps to explain why there has been such a large increase in concealed handgun permits among blacks and women. The poll shows a 25 percentage point increase in the proportion of blacks with a favorable view of gun ownership. This is the largest increase of any group.

5. Jacob George:

   By switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes we found an average percentage point improvement of 1.5 within just one month, and to put that into context, each percentage point improvement in vascular function results in a 13% reduction in cardiovascular event rates, such as heart attack.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=percentage point
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Percentage_Point
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage_Point
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=percentage point