Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 1,717,776us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 1,587,725us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 1,445,136us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of sales	626,206us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	560,917us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	521,126us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Gross profit	1,091,570us-gaap_GrossProfit	1,026,808us-gaap_GrossProfit	924,010us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling, general and administrative expense	683,115	610,735	564,903
Research and development expense	66,259us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	58,827us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	51,730us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Amortization of intangibles	35,710us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	30,239us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	23,979us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Loss on divestiture of Aime	0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness	21,062us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness	0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness
Operating income	306,486us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	305,945us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	283,398us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense	7,965us-gaap_InterestExpense	9,168us-gaap_InterestExpense	11,771us-gaap_InterestExpense
Gain on insurance proceeds	0	14,084	5,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	1,404
Other expense (income), net	1,987us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(1,410)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(229)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	296,534	312,271	275,452
Provision for income taxes	24,705us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	15,365us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	26,808us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income	271,829us-gaap_ProfitLoss	296,906us-gaap_ProfitLoss	248,644us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests	1,973	755	305
Net income attributable to Cooper stockholders	$ 269,856us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 296,151us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 248,339us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share attributable to Cooper stockholders - basic	$ 5.61us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 6.09us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 5.18us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share attributable to Cooper stockholders - diluted	$ 5.51us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 5.96us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 5.05us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Number of shares used to compute earnings per share attributable to Cooper stockholders:
Basic	48,061	48,615	47,913
Diluted	48,960	49,685	49,152

The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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