This module forms part of a course on the analysis and use of vital statistics and is available in English, Français, Português, and Español.
Module
6 will help participants understand how to use descriptive epidemiology to
assess and interpret vital statistics. This will include using epidemiological
topics such as rate difference and rate ratio to compare and make meaning of
vital statistics. Participants will gain an understanding of inequalities in
mortality when disaggregating vital statistics by demographic factors and learn
how to calculate and interpret excess mortality, an important concept to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
