PH 30033 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: De Jure, Population Pyramid, De Facto

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PH 30033
• Professor: Carissa Ruby Smock

Document Summary

Demography statistics is a very important information for any country. It describes the size population, its changes increase or decrease- and its population and gender. It helps in planning and implementing short term and long term health programmes for the community. Census- census describes the population in the static stage. Vital statistics and migration information gives the changes occurring to the population. Population census is the total process of collecting, compiling and publishing of demographic, economic and social data pertaining to a specified time of all persons in a community. In this method the total population of persons actually present in the area on the day of census is taken. In this method the total population of people is taken on the basis of their permanent residence. Census is done by the census and statistics department. In libya de jure method of census is done. Is a graphical representation of the population in various age groups of both sexes.