380.650.01
Demographic Methods for Measuring Health and Longevity
Discontinued
- Location:
- East Baltimore
- Term:
- 3rd term
- Department:
- Population, Family and Reproductive Health
- Credits:
- 4 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2021 - 2022
- Instruction Method:
- TBD
- Class Times:
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- Tu Th, 1:30 - 3:20pm
- Auditors Allowed:
- Yes, with instructor consent
- Grading Restriction:
- Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
- Course Instructor:
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- Stephane Helleringer
- Contact:
- Stephane Helleringer
- Resources:
- Description:
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Covers demographic methods commonly used to understand how long people live and how this varies over time, across space, and between population groups. Explores the construction of life tables to calculate life expectancy, and understand its determinants. Introduces multi-state methods to calculate what proportion of their life individuals spend in good health, or affected by various illnesses and limitations. Emphasizes the practical application of these methods to the analysis of several large demographic datasets.
- Learning Objectives:
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Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Calculate and interpret life expectancy and other demographic measures
- Construct and interpret single and multiple decrement life tables, as well as multi-state life tables, for describing demographic and health processes
- Implement these demographic methods across large data sets in commonly used statistical software packages (Stata, R)
- Methods of Assessment:
Homework, Quizzes, and Final Exam
- Instructor Consent:
No consent required