Demography and Vital Health Statistics: Population Data, Census, Registration and Rates

A community health course on demography and the sources of demographic data: census, civil registration of births and deaths, special community surveys, health facility records and epidemiological studies. Population size, composition and distribution are worked through with the population pyramid, then the vital health statistics a nurse must calculate, from crude birth and death rates and age and cause specific death rates to infant, perinatal and maternal mortality, fertility rates, dependency ratio and case fatality, each with its formula and a worked example.