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Schedule II | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II | Schedule II THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Three Years Ended October 31, 2012
(In thousands) | Balance Beginning of Year |  | Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | (Deductions) Recoveries/ Other (1) |  | Balance at End of Year
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended October 31, 2012 | $ | 4,826 |  |  | $ | (257 | ) |  | $ | (195 | ) | ) | $ | 4,374 |
Year Ended October 31, 2011 | $ | 4,238 |  |  | $ | 2,282 |  |  | $ | (1,694 | ) | ) | $ | 4,826 |
Year Ended October 31, 2010 | $ | 4,690 |  |  | $ | 1,467 |  |  | $ | (1,919 | ) | ) | $ | 4,238 |
__________ (1) Consists of additions representing allowances and recoveries, less deductions representing receivables written off as uncollectible.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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