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==Demographics in [[Medicine]] and the [[Health science|allied health sciences]]== | ==Demographics in [[Medicine]] and the [[Health science|allied health sciences]]== | ||
Demographic analysis is an integral part of [[epidemiology]] and in health policy. For example, currently there is a Global Burden of Disease project sponsored by the [[World Health Organization]]. | Demographic analysis is an integral part of [[epidemiology]] and in health policy. For example, currently there is a Global Burden of Disease project sponsored by the [[World Health Organization]]. (Projections of Global Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030 Mathers CD, Loncar D PLoS Medicine Vol. 3, No. 11, e442 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030442 [http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030442] | ||
==Demographics in [[History]]== | ==Demographics in [[History]]== | ||
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Demography is the study of the change in the size, density, and composition of human populations over time, and includes analysis of such factors as birth rates and death rates, as well as emigration and immigration.
"The word ‘demography’ was first used in 1855 by a Belgian, Achille Guillard, and in his terms the study included many aspects of humans including general movement and progress (including morals) in civilized countries. He used the vital statistics of birth, marriage, sickness and death from census and registration reports" (reference for quote:Thomas A Ebert, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA:Demographic Concepts in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.) in his book, Elements de statistique humaine ou demographie comparee. Demography has come to have a wider meaning, and is now used for all statistical descriptions of human life conditions, including illnesses, socioeconomic indicators, and other aspects of living conditions - as long as the statistics refer to the numbers of individual people who exhibit the characteristic in question.
Demographics in Medicine and the allied health sciences
Demographic analysis is an integral part of epidemiology and in health policy. For example, currently there is a Global Burden of Disease project sponsored by the World Health Organization. (Projections of Global Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030 Mathers CD, Loncar D PLoS Medicine Vol. 3, No. 11, e442 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030442 [1]
Demographics in History
Demographics in social analysis and policy
Population size
Aging
Criminology
Demographics in Marketing and business
References (notes)
FURTHER READING
- MALTHUS: AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION. First Edition 1798. Revised and edited version: Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by T. R. Malthus and Donald Winch 1992 ISBN 9780521429726
- Demographic Methods and Concepts Donald T. Rowland 2003 ISBN 9780198752639
ACADEMIC JOURNALS SPECIALIZED IN DEMOGRAPHY:
Demography
Population Studies
American Demographics
Demographic Research
European Journal of Population
Asia-Pacific Population Journal
The Turkish Journal of Population Studies
ONLINE FREE RESOURCES
Bibliographic Searchable Database (1986-2000) from Princeton University: Population Index
Website of the Population Reference Bureau, USA: Population Reference Bureau