236319 SEER*Stat rates analyses: Overview of age-adjusted rates and rate sessions

Sunday, October 30, 2011: 10:45 AM

Steve Scoppa, BS , Information Management Services, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
The purpose of this presentation is to provide the foundation for how and why age-adjusted rates are calculated and the multiple data sources required.

Learning Areas:
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Biostatistics, economics
Epidemiology
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related research

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

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I'm one of the lead developers of the SEER*Stat software for full 15 years of it's existence. Over that time I've been using the software for the production of published statistics, and providing technical support and training for SEER*Stat. This includes training at the APHA conference in San Diego (2008).
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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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