Welcome to our advanced course on population health information. This course will cover methods of population estimation and projection; life tables and their demographic application; important regional and international differences in populations, in respect of age, sex, occupation, social class, ethnicity and other characteristics; historical changes in population size and structure and factors underlying them; and policies to address population growth nationally and internationally.

Learning objectives: This course will cover:

• methods of population estimation and projection
• life tables and their demographic application
• important regional and international differences in populations, in respect of age, sex, occupation, social class, ethnicity and other characteristics
• historical changes in population size and structure and factors underlying them
• policies to address population growth nationally and internationally

Course authors: John Powell, Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Warwick. Resource text adapted from material written by Neeraj Malhotra and Meic Goodyear, accessible at www.healthknowledge.org.uk.

Reviewed by Bethan Davies, SpR Public Health, London.

Author and reviewer's competing interests: none declared

Use the index below to pick a particular module, or work your way through the course in the following manner:

1. start with the pre-course assessment
2. proceed through each module one by one
3. end with the final exam - your results will be emailed to you once completed