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   • 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).

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   What is a percentage-point difference?

   • Percentage-point differences are one way to express a risk or probability. Consider a drug that cures a given disease in 70 percent of all cases, while without the drug, the disease heals spontaneously in only 50 percent of cases. The drug reduces absolute risk by 20 percentage points.

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   What does percent mean?

   • As "percent" it is used to describe the grade or slope, the steepness of a road or railway, formula for which is 100 × rise run which could also be expressed as the tangent of the angle of inclination times 100.

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   Where did the word percent come from?

   • The term "percent" is derived from the Latin per centum, meaning "hundred" or "by the hundred". The sign for "percent" evolved by gradual contraction of the Italian term per cento, meaning "for a hundred". The "per" was often abbreviated as "p."—eventually disappeared entirely.

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   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). [1]

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     In mathematics, a percentage (from Latin per centum 'by a...

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   Mar 22, 2024 · percentage point (plural percentage points) One hundredth of a given value, used to measure the difference of two percentages . The difference between 20 percent and 30 percent is 10 percentage points, not 10 percent. In fact, an increase from 20 to 30 percent is an increase of 50 percent.

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   PERCENTAGE POINT definition: a unit of measure equal to one percent, used to refer to changes in interest rates: . Learn more.

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   There is a nice explanation of percentage point in Wikipedia. A percentage point ( pp) 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.

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   A basis point (often abbreviated as bp, often pronounced as "bip" or "beep") is one hundredth of 1 percentage point. Changes of interest rates are often stated in basis points. For example, if an existing interest rate of 10 percent is increased by 1 basis point, the new interest rate would be 10.01 percent.