Accessing Demographic and Population Health Data

2 Credits.

Provides students with the skills and tools needed to access and use publicly available datasets that are commonly used in demographic and population health research. Introduces online databases and provides instruction on how to use online data analysis platforms to generate commonly used population health indicators quickly and easily. Features two online databases: 1) CDC Wonder: an online database published by CDC that includes data on all deaths and births in the United States; and 2) IPUMS: an online database platform that contains data from over 750 censuses and surveys from around the world.