236555 County attributes: Case listing and rate exercises

Sunday, October 30, 2011: 4:15 PM

Steve Scoppa, BS , Information Management Services, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
The purpose of this presentation is to provide information on the county attribute data that is available with the SEER data. A demonstration on using the case listing session to determine quintile cut-points for use in rate sessions will be conducted. Participants will generate age-adjusted rates stratified by on the percent high school education quintiles determined by the case listing session.

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

Learning Objectives:
Describe county attribute data and how to use it with the SEER*Stat software.

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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