Epidemiology Class Notes, 2012-09-13

The Great Influenza

Discussion points (10 minutes)

Incidence and prevalence

From Tuesday's notes

Age Adjustment

From Tuesday's notes

In-class activity

Group Discussion and Introductions

Introduction of next group members.

Discussion Problem:

Life expectancies by country

Life expectancy in the US over the last 50 years

In the US, life expectancy varies by both sex and race: Source

Whites: 78.4 Blacks: 74.3
Males: 75.5 Females 80.5
White Females: 80.8 Black Females 77.4
White Males: 75.9 Black Males 70.9

Or, over time show the top table

QUESTION: Given these data, what policy interventions would you suggest?

A more detailed table, life expectancy versus age: 12s0105.xls
(or via the bottom table on the above document)

Looking across the states

• Is the pattern consistent across states? Are there exceptions to the pattern?
• Point out the states where the numbers are unreliable.

Sometimes you can use exceptions to generate hypotheses. Not clear what exceptions are showing up here.

Constructing Life Expectancy

age specific death rates