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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
3225.0: Monday, December 12, 2005 - 12:50 PM

Abstract #105481

Evaluating health disparities at Healthy People 2010’s Midcourse Review: Methods and statistics

Suzanne E. Proctor, MSPH, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 6307, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 458-4186, SProctor@cdc.gov

The second overarching goal of Healthy People 2010 is to eliminate differences among subgroups of the population, including differences that occur by gender, race and ethnicity, education or income, disability, geographic location or sexual orientation. This goal applies to all population-based objectives included in Healthy People 2010. The Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review, scheduled for publication in 2006, will provide the decade's first assessment of progress toward this goal.

This presentation provides an in-depth look at the methods and statistics used to measure health disparities in the Healthy People 2010 Midcourse Review. Data from the Injury and Violence Prevention focus area are used to illustrate the calculation and interpretation of disparity statistics at a single point-in-time and over time. Pair-wise and summary statistics used to measure disparity between population subgroups, including the percent difference and the index of disparity, are described. The interpretation of these statistics is stressed. Methods for testing the statistical significance of disparities at a single point-in-time and for testing the change in disparities over time are also discussed.

Learning Objectives:

Keywords: Health Disparities, Injury

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

Healthy People 2010: 2005 Midcourse Review Data Results and Methodological Issues

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA