Rationale: Introduction to Demography is a 3-credit course designed for public health care professionals. Primarily ‘demography’ is a key component of public health. As public health is concerned with the promotion of health among populations, it becomes obvious that having a solid seize of the demographics of a specific population is a huge advantage and vital step in planning public health interventions.

Objectives: On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

•         Identify appropriate sources of data,

•         Perform basic demographic analyses using various techniques,

•         Ensure their comparability across populations,

•         Produce population projections,

•         Interpret the information gathered by the different demographic methods.