186126 SEER*Stat Rates Analyses, Overview of age-adjusted rates and rate sessions

Saturday, October 25, 2008: 1:00 PM

Steve Scoppa, BS , Information Management Services, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
The purpose of this presentation is to use/provide the foundation for how and why age-adjusted rates are calculated and the multiple data sources required. Several hands on exercises will be conducted to produce age-adjusted rates as well as cover several other advanced features within the SEER*Stat software.

Learning Objectives:
Explain the usefulness of age-adjusted rates and how they are computed. Formulate and produce age-adjusted incidene rates.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am one of the SEER*Stat software developers for the past 10 years. I have also taught SEER*Stat for the past 10 years at other venues.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
Information Management Services, Inc. SEER*Stat Software Employment (includes retainer)

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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