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On first reference to a group of older people, be as specific as possible by including the age range, average age, and median age, when available. Terms such as older persons, older people, older adults, older patients, older individuals, persons 65 years and older, and the older population are preferred.

When writing about age, exact ages or age ranges (e.g., 1518 years old, 6580 years old) are more specific than broad categories (e.g., under 18 years old, over 65 years old). Also include the age mean and median in addition to the range of ages to increase the specificity of the reporting.

Age is usually used to describe a single age, but can be used for a range as well, as in "children age 5 to 10." Ages is used commonly for ranges ("children ages 5 to 10").

For ages, always use figures. If the age is used as an adjective or as a substitute for a noun, then it should be hyphenated. Don't use apostrophes when describing an age range. Examples: A 21-year-old student.

The five ages of man is a Greek creation story that traces the lineage of mankind through five successive "ages" or "races" including the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Bronze Age, the Age of Heroes, and the present (to Hesiod) Iron Age.

The three-age system is the periodization of human pre-history (with some overlap into the historical periods in a few regions) into three time-periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age; although the concept may also refer to other tripartite divisions of historic time-periods.

The Iron Age is divided into three parts: the Early Iron Age, the Middle Iron Age and the Late Iron Age. During the Iron Age, tools were commonly made of steel and alloys.