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B. Given The Changes To The Population's Age Structure That You Just

This document outlines a problem set asking the reader to: 1) Generate population pyramids from 1970 to 2030 for their country and analyze changes in cohort sizes and their implications for disease burden. 2) Identify the top contributors to disease burden using online visualization tools, looking at differences between mortality and morbidity contributors. 3) Choose a top disease contributor and analyze its risk factors, affected groups, non-health impacts, and available intervention strategies.

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B. Given The Changes To The Population's Age Structure That You Just

This document outlines a problem set asking the reader to: 1) Generate population pyramids from 1970 to 2030 for their country and analyze changes in cohort sizes and their implications for disease burden. 2) Identify the top contributors to disease burden using online visualization tools, looking at differences between mortality and morbidity contributors. 3) Choose a top disease contributor and analyze its risk factors, affected groups, non-health impacts, and available intervention strategies.

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Problem Set # 2

Bill Foege once said, When deciding what to work on, the first criterion is to
ensure that it is important. Global health practitioners are often asked to gather
information, analyze and summarize the health status of populations defined by
political boundaries.
1) Using the Population Pyramid website below, generate 4 population
pyramids (for the years1970, 2000, 2015 and 2030) for your country.
http://populationpyramid.net/
a. What has happened and what is projected to happen to the relative
size of different cohorts in your country over time? (150 words)
b. Given the changes to the populations age structure that you just
described, explain what you expect the relative contributions of
non-communicable and infectious diseases to mortality to be in the
future and why. (150 words)
2) Using the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations GBD Visualization
website, (http://www.healthdata.org/gbd/data-visualizations) answer the
following questions,
a. What are the 3-5 biggest contributors to the burden of disease in
your country? (list)
b. Are there differences between contributors to mortality and
morbidity? What accounts for these differences (if present)? (150
words)
c. Which key health indicators and health metrics did you use? Why?
(150 words)
3) Choose one of the main contributors to disease burden in your country
and answer the following questions,
a. What are the risk factors? Who is most affected? (150 words)
b. Are there non-health consequences (e.g., economic, social, political)
from this problem? (150 words)
c. What are the available interventions, strategies and policies to
address this problem? (150 words)

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