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Paper prepared by Prof. Omar Hasan Kasule Sr. MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard) DrPH (Harvard) Chairman, Institutional Review Board - KFMC
DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION:
- Demography is a statistical study of the distribution and characteristics of human populations.
- It started with the study of mortality by John Graunt in the 16th century. He noticed statistical regularities.
- The development of insurance and pension schemes increased awareness of demographic variables.
- National population censuses and civil registers of births and deaths made by governments for administrative and legal purposes became sources of accurate demographic data.