2025/2026
Mortality Indicators for Population & Development
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
Department of Demography
When:
1 module
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Valeriy Yumaguzin
Language:
English
Contact hours:
24
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Mortality Indicators for Population & Development
Abstract
This course is devoted to the study of methods of mortality indicators calculation and their practical application in demographic analysis. The main purpose of the course is to provide students with knowledge about the most relevant, accurate and effective ways to calculate mortality rates. During the course, students will learn how to work with mortality databases, calculate mortality indicators, interpret the results of calculations and apply them in explaining processes related to population development. Since the course is implemented on the educational program “Population and Development”, students will also learn how to explain the processes of social development (for example, health inequalities or changes in demographic structure) through mortality indicators. Students will also expand their knowledge in the development and application of public policies aimed at reducing mortality. The discipline is taught in English. The course is suitable for students with any level of knowledge in the field of demography, statistics and public administration.
Learning Objectives
● Familiarization with mortality databases, sources of mortality data and determination of the quality of mortality data.
● Obtaining practical knowledge about methods of calculating mortality indicators of the population. Students will learn about the detailed principles and algorithms of calculating each indicator.
● Training in the interpretation of mortality indicators obtained during calculations. Students will learn how to assess the demographic situation in the country through the prism of mortality rates, link mortality dynamics with development processes and identify the most problematic areas that require government intervention.
● Expanding knowledge on the impact of mortality on public development.
● Improving the skills of basic demographic analysis.
Expected Learning Outcomes
● Students will get practical skills in analyzing mortality data.
● Students will learn how to select the most appropriate mortality indicator for the analysis, calculate it and interpret it.
● Students will learn to explain the processes of public and social development through the prism of changes in mortality indicators.
● Students will understand how mortality affects the demographic structure of the population and its development.
● Students will be able to determine strategies and directions of public development based on calculated mortality data.
Course Contents
● Introduction and mortality databases
● Mortality data sources quality determination
● Core mortality indicators and their calculation
● Mortality and governmental/social development
● Public policy and mortality reduction
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Andersen, P. K., Canudas-Romo, V., & Keiding, N. (2013). Cause-specific measures of life years lost. Demographic Research, 29, 1127–1152. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.4
- Demography. Measuring and modeling population processes. Samuel Preston, Patrick Heuveline, Michel Guillot, 2000
- Demography. Vol.1: ., Caselli, G., 2006
- Methods and models in demography, Newell, C., 1988
- Shkolnikov, V., Andreev, E., Begun, A. (2003). Gini coefficient as a life table function: computation from discrete data, decomposition of differences and empirical examples. Demographic Research, Vol. 8, pp. 306-357.
Learning Objectives
- Learning Objectives ● Familiarization with mortality databases, sources of mortality data and determination of the quality of mortality data. ● Obtaining practical knowledge about methods of calculating mortality indicators of the population. Students will learn about the detailed principles and algorithms of calculating each indicator. ● Training in the interpretation of mortality indicators obtained during calculations. Students will learn how to assess the demographic situation in the country through the prism of mortality rates, link mortality dynamics with development processes and identify the most problematic areas that require government intervention. ● Expanding knowledge on the impact of mortality on public development. ● Improving the skills of basic demographic analysis.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Familiarization with mortality databases, sources of mortality data and determination of the quality of mortality data
- Students will get practical skills in analyzing mortality data. Students will learn how to select the most appropriate mortality indicator for the analysis, calculate it and interpret it.
- Students will learn to explain the processes of public and social development through the prism of changes in mortality indicators.
- Students will understand how mortality affects the demographic structure of the population and its development.
- Students will be able to determine strategies and directions of public development based on calculated mortality data
- Students will be able to determine strategies and directions of public development based on calculated mortality data.
Course Contents
- Introduction and mortality databases
- Mortality data sources quality determination
- Core mortality indicators and their calculation
- Mortality and governmental/social development
- Public policy and mortality reduction
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Aging and health in Africa, , 2013
- Aging, health, and longevity in the Mexican-origin population, , 2012
- Alcohol, tobacco and obesity : morality, mortality and the new public health, , 2011
- America's health care crisis solved : money-saving solutions, coverage for everyone, Rooney, J. P., 2008
- Applied methods of cost-effectiveness analysis in health care, Gray, A. M., 2011
- Carla Cardoso. (2012). Brazil: towards sustainability and equity in health. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia, 17(2), 236. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-80342012000200023
- Carr, S., Pless-Mulloli, T., & Unwin, N. (2007). An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology (Vol. 2nd ed). Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=234613
- Causal Effects of the Timing of Life-course Events : Age at Retirement and Subsequent Health. (2017). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.B5D5BF0
- Edwards, R. T., & McIntosh, E. (2019). Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research (Vol. First edition). Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2155137
- Greer, S. L., & Kurzer, P. (2013). European Union Public Health Policy : Regional and Global Trends. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=536558
- International handbook of adult mortality, , 2011
- Public health in Europe : 10 years European Public Health Association, , 2004
- Rogers, R. G., & Crimmins, E. M. (2011). International Handbook of Adult Mortality. Dordrecht: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=371699
- Routledge handbook of global public health, , 2012
- Sexual and reproductive health : a public health perspective, , 2011
- Sprawling cities and our endangered public health, Verderber, S., 2012
- Theory and research in promoting public health, , 2007
- Ulikpan, A., Mirzoev, T., Jimenez, E., Malik, A., & Hill, P. S. (2014). Central Asian Post-Soviet health systems in transition: has different aid engagement produced different outcomes? https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.24978
- Wallace, J. W., Decosimo, K. P., & Simon, M. C. (2019). Applying Data Analytics to Address Social Determinants of Health in Practice. North Carolina Medical Journal, 80(4), 244–248. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.80.4.244
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Brownson, R. C., Eyler, A. A., Harris, J. K., Moore, J. B., & Tabak, R. G. (2018). Getting the Word Out: New Approaches for Disseminating Public Health Science. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.24CBB014
- History of Medicine and Public Health : учебное пособие / Sc.D., А. G. Kalinin, V. A. Postoev [и др.]. — Архангельск : СГМУ, 2021. — 120 с. — ISBN 978-5-91702-430-1. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/279902 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
- Martin McKee. (2017). 2017: a challenging year for public health in Europe. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.D186F547
- Public health, ethics, and equity, , 2006
- Urbanization and public health in China, , 2016