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Vital Statistics
This paper is designed to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand and analyze population data, including mortality rates, life expectancy, and other demographic indicators, and to use this information for policy development and decision making.
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24DSTT501(A) |
Vital Statistics (Theory) |
CO 45: Apply appropriate measures and determine the rates and ratios of vital events. CO 46: Develop an understanding of different measurements of mortality and their applications in public health research and policy. CO 47: Calculate the fertility rates and distinguish their significance in understanding population dynamics and demographic transitions. CO 48: Examine the construction and interpretation of life tables to estimate population life expectancy and demographic trends. CO 49: Create migration models and utilize projection methods to estimate internal and international migration flows and examine their applications in policy decisions and urban planning strategies. CO 50: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Classroom Assignment, Problem Solving Sessions.
Learning activities for the students: Assignments, Seminar, Presentation, Subject based Activities. |
Classroom Quiz, Assignments, Class Test, Individual Presentation. |
Introduction and sources of collecting data on vital statistics, errors in census and registration data. Measurement of population, rate and ratio of vital events.
Crude Death Rate (CDR), Specific Death Rate (SDR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Standardized Death Rate, Neonatal Mortality Rate, Post Neonatal Mortality Rate, Cause of death rate, and Maternal mortality Rate. Stationary and Stable population.
Crude Birth Rate (CBR), General Fertility Rate (GFR), Specific Fertility Rate (SFR) and Total Fertility Rate (TFR).
Measurement of Population Growth: Crude rates of natural increase, Pearl’s Vital Index, Gross Reproduction Rate (GRR) and Net Reproduction Rate (NRR).
Assumption, description, construction of Life Tables and Uses of Life Tables. Central Mortality Rates and Force of Mortality. Makhemams and Gompertz curves.
Internal migration and its measurement, migration models, concept of international migration. Net migration. Intercensal and postcensal estimates. Projection method including logistic curve fitting
- Goon, A.M., Gupta, M.K. and Dasgupta, B. (1991): Fundamentals of Statistics, Volume II, The World Press Pvt Ltd, Calcutta
- Gupta, S.C. and Kapoor, V.K. (2000): Fundamentals of Applied Statistics, S Chand & Company, New Delhi
- P. Mukhopadhyay (1999): Applied Statistics, Books and Allied (P) Ltd.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
- Croxton, F.E. and Cowden, D.J. (1969): Applied General Statistics, Prentice Hall of India
- S. Biswas (1988): Stochastic Processes in Demography & Application, Wiley Eastern Ltd.
- N. Keyfitz and John A. Beckman (1986): Demogrphy through Problems S-Verlag New york.
- Srivastava, O.S. (1998): A Textbook of Demography, Vikas Publishing.
- Shrinivasan, K. and Srinivasan, K. (1998): Basic Demographic Techniques and Applications.
e-RESOURCES:
JOURNALS:
- Sankhya The Indian Journal of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute
- Aligarh Journal of Statistics, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Aligarh Muslim University
- Afrika Statistika, Saint-Louis Senega University
- International Journal of Statistics and Reliability Engineering, Indian Association for Reliability and Statistic
- Journal of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, Indian Society for Probability and Statistics
- Journal of the Indian Statistical Association, Indian Statistical Association
- Statistica, Department of Statistical Sciences Paolo Fortunato, University of Bologna
- Statistics and Applications, Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications
