Demography and Epidemiology of Aging

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of general epidemiology.

Teaching Methods

Lecture method, followed by discussion with students. Practical cases.

Learning Outcomes

Develop and deepen knowledge in Epidemiology and Population Aging. Knlowledge and adoption of technical and epidemiological strategies in this area.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Definition of Epidemiology

Types of Epidemiology

Descriptive Epidemiology.

Analytical Epidemiology.

Clinical Epidemiology

Experimental epidemiology

Social epidemiology.

Demography of aging: historical, European, world and national evolutionary perspective.

Censos 2011 and 2021.

Concept of normality

Population at risk.

Techniques in Epidemiology.

Standardization

Rates.

Ratios.

Proportions.

Prevalence.

Incidence.

Cumulative incidence

Crude and standardized rates

Models of epidemiological research.

Health indicators.

Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL).

Relative risk.

Odds ratio.

Main types of epidemiological studies.

Biases.

Confounding variables.

Screening.

Main stages of Health Research.

Diagnostic tests and procedures, selection, use and interpretation.

The clinical reasoning process.

Operative characteristics of diagnostic tests.

Sampling.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Jorge Correia Gouveia Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

1. Active ageing and solidarity between generations – A statistical portrait of the European Union 2012. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2011. 141 pp. ISBN 978-92-79-21507-0.

2. Censos 2021. Instituto Nacional de Estatística.

3. Christensen, K., Doblhammer, G., Rau, R., & Vaupel, J. W. (2009). Ageing populations: the challenges ahead. Lancet, 374(9696), 1196-1208.

4.Estatísticas Demográficas - 2020. Editor: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, I.P. Novembro de 2021

EUROSTAT. Ageing Europe - looking at the lives of older people in the EU. ISBN: 978-92-76-21520-2.: 05/11/2020.

5. European social statistics — 2013 edition. European Commission. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2013. 242 pp. ISBN 978-92-79-27034-5.

6. Ferreira, António J. 2014. 7 -  Demografia e Epidemiologia do Envelhecimento.  In Geriatria Fundamental, ed. Prof. Manuel Teixeira Veríssimo, 1 - 6. Lidel.