Harold H. Collins Information Technology Specialist Epi Info™ Background Korean Public Health Surveillance Conference 30 March 2011 Epi Info™ Background and History Epi Info™ Background and History Public Health Software for Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7 Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office
Epi Info™ Background and History Purpose of presentation What is Epi Info™? History and timeline Epi Info today Epi Info™ Team and Resources Epi Info™ 7 release Questions
Purpose Provide an introduction to Epi Info™ and present a brief history of its development and its application to public health issues around the world. Explain the distinctiveness of the Epi Info™ suit of tools, how they are used, and who uses them. Acquaint you with the Epi Info™ team and resources available to Epi Info™ users. Present information on the Epi Info™ 7 release. Provide an opportunity for questions about Epi Info™.
What is Epi Info™? A suite of tools A standards-based approach Freely distributable
Epi Info™ History Timeline
Worldwide Use of Epi Info™ Epi Info™ is used around the globe for the rapid assessment of disease outbreaks, the development of surveillance information systems to support continuous surveillance, and many community health initiatives. surveillance information systems to support continuous surveillance In Africa Epi Info™ is used as the core of surveillance systems for collection and analysis of vaccine preventable diseases.core of surveillance systems In India Epi Info™ is used for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (Polio) surveillance.Acute Flaccid Paralysis Since 1998, there have been approximately two million successful Epi Info™ downloads from the CDC website in 180 countries. Epi Info™ has been translated in multiple languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese.Arabic
Epi Info™ Menu Language Translation
Who Uses Epi Info™ *There were 18,703 new registered users since 1 January 2011
Epi Info™ Use Is Increasing Over 200 new Epi Info™ user registrations each day 10% of new registrations are for 10 or more users Growing User Community (phConnect) Free Software Free Technical Support Continuing development of Regional Surveillance Systems as well as Emergency Response applicationRegional Surveillance Systems Emergency Response
Epi Info™ Today Compatibility File formats Epi Info™ Version suite of tools Innovative set of epidemiology tools for use today Epi Info™ Team and Resource Information Epi Info 7 scheduled for release September 2011
Epi Info™ Compatibility Windows and Internet standards Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 98 MS Access file format ( ) Uses Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 8 and 7 Uses ESRI ArcView compatible map files
Epi Info™ Readable File Formats Access 97, 2000 dBASE 5.0 dBASE III dBASE IV Epi 2000 Epi 6 Rec MS Excel 3 (95) MS Excel 4 (98) MS Excel 5 (2000) MS Excel 8 (2003) FoxPro 2 FoxPro 2.5 FoxPro 3.0 HTML ODBC Paradox 3.x Paradox 4.x Paradox 5.x Text Text (Delimited) Text (Fixed)
Importing MS Excel Files
Suite of Tools MakeView Enter Analysis Epi Map Epi Report Translation NutStat Epi Info™ Menu StatCalc Data Compare Epi Lock Compact Table-to-View
CDC Epi Info™ Team José Aponte Training Coordinator David Brown Epi Info™ 7 Developer Harold Collins Community Liaison James Haines Epi Info™ 7 Developer Asad Islam Epi Info™ Team Lead Erik Knudsen Epi Info™ Help Desk Roger Mir Custom Applications David NitschkeEpi Info™ Technical Lead Epi Info™ Help Desk
Resources and Technical Support Download and install the latest Epi Info™ program from the website at: Helpline: or call Additional training resources are available online at: Epi Info™ Community of Users in phConnect: Send your comments and suggestions to: or
Epi Info™ 7 Release Windows and Internet standards Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 98 Agile and portable SQL Server and Access data formats Statistical Quick-look Dashboard in the Enter Data module Frequency 2X2 Table Epi Curve graphing Hand-held device development Social Network Analysis diagram to aid in contact tracing
For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA Telephone, CDC-Info™ ( )/TTY: Web: Questions? Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.