The course deals with basic indices in population and health among these are measures of fertility (crude birth rates, age specific birth rates, total fertility rates, etc), morbidity (incidence and prevalence rates, burden of diseases, etc) mortality (crude death rates, age specific death rates, expectation of life at birth etc) and migration (in and out migration rates, cross and net migration rates, etc). It also covers population growth rates as well as the interpretation of these measurements

Objective: The main objective of the course is to introduce students to some basic measurements in population and health.

Mode of Delivery: The lecture method will be the main mode of delivery but students will also be expected to do individual or group presentations in class