Proceedings of the 1985 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics

By Feinleib, Manning, M. D.

Book Id: WPLBN0000094038
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Proceedings of the 1985 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics
Author:	Feinleib, Manning, M. D.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
Collections:	Medical Library Collection
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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Excerpt
Good morning, and welcome to the 20th national meeting of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. It is a great pleasure to have you here. Meetings of the Public Health Conference are one of the few occasions when the people who produce and use vital and health statistics gather together from all parts of the United States to discuss and debate their mutual concerns and to share their knowledge and experience. About 1,000 of you are here now, a very good turnout. As of the end of last week, nearly all states had designated a representative to the conference, and I hope that we will fill any remaining gaps before the day is over.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS FIRST PLENARY SESSION Call to Order and Opening Remarks, Manning Feinleib l ................. 1 - Welcome to Washington, DC, Andrew D. McBride .......l ......**....l .... 2 - Tracking the Nation’s Health: Remarks on the 25th Anniversary of the National Center for Health Statistics, Manning Feinleib ....... 4 - Good Data and Good Statistics Mean Good Policy and Program (And, Bad Means Bad), Charles D. Baker ........*........0l 00........00 17 - Health Statistics Make A Difference -- The National Perspective, Karl D. Yordy ...........l ...l .l ......l .....l .......l ..l ............l . 21 CONCURRENT SESSIONS Session A -- Accessing Data Bases”for Health Monitoring - Improved Pregnancy Outcome Data Management System, Jeffrey B. Gould*, Ellen Liebman, Carol Nickerson, Frank Many, Miquel Lucero ....................................l ....... 27 - The Epidemiologic Surveillance Project -- Report of a Pilot Project, Philip L. Graitcer*, Anthony H. Burton ........................0...... 34 The Africa Health Trends Data Base, Kristine Olsen Powell*, Susan P. Enea, Leo Hool ..................l .................l 0.0...... 36 Session B -- Statistical Organizations - Locating Data and Disease, Joseph D. Carney .......................0.. 41 - Implementing a State Center for Health Statistics -- Selected Funding Implications, Paul D. Gunderson ..0.0...0.........l .0......... 45 - The Survival of the Fittest: A Coalition Approach to Self Sufficiency as a Data Broker, Elliot M. Stone*, Cynthia,E. Burghard .. 48 Session C -- Morbidity, Mortality, and Toxic Chemical Exposures Aplastic Anemia Mortality and Occupational Exposures, Robert Spirtas, Shelia K. Hoar*, Rose Kaminski, Harry Rosenberg .....00......*......0. 53 The Impact of Occupational Exposure to Toxic Material on Prevalence of Chronic Illness, Richard G. Frank*, Mark S. Kamlet, Steven Klepper l .*.*..........0.0.....0.0.........0l 00.....0 . . . ...0.. . 59 Effect of Arsenic Emissions on Incidence of Congenital Facial Clefts, Mary K. O’Mara*, Floyd Frost ..............0.0......... 64 Session D -- Statistical Data Collection, Management and Analysis: A Sample of Microcomputer Applications A Microcomputer-Based Data Management System for Case-Comparison Studies, Richard A. Johnson .....*.........0.................0........ 71 The Use of Microcomputers for Primary Data Capture in a Large Scale Field Setting, Dennis Ross-Degnan*, Randolph W. Whitfield, Jr. ....... 75 - Using Spreadsheet Software for Data Analysis: An Application for Summarizing Chart Audit Data, Sarah S. Marter .l l l 0..*.l l . . . . . l l . . 80