Health, Mortality and Aging

1 Course Unit

The course focuses on the description and explanation of health and mortality in human populations and their variability across several dimensions such as age, time, place, social class, race, etc. The course includes general theories of health, mortality and morbidity, investigations of mortality and related processes in developing and developed countries, and discussions of future mortality trends and their implications for individual lives and the society at large. Not Offered Every Year Also Offered As: DEMG 6210 1 Course Unit