1. Liesl Eathington Iowa Community Indicators Program Iowa State University October 2014

2.  Measure population groups of interest (age, race, ethnicity,...)  Identify need (poverty status, educational attainment, health insurance status,...)  Compare regions (income, health behaviors,...)

3.  Primary - data we collect directly  field research, surveys, case studies, etc.  collected for a specific purpose  Secondary - data collected by somebody else  census, surveys, administrative records, published or unpublished research  secondary usage may differ from primary purpose

4. EASY TO FIND  Place of residence  Gender  Age  Race and ethnicity  Educational attainment  Income

5. HARDER TO FIND  Current health status  Health history  Smoking  Diet  Other health behaviors

6.  U.S. Census Bureau  Decennial Census  Annual Estimates of Population and Housing  American Community Survey  Current Population Survey  Iowa Department of Public Health  CDC - BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System  CDC Health Indicators Warehouse

7.  High geographic detail  Rolling sample  Describes households and individuals  Measures demographic and socio-economic characteristics  Widely used  Easily accessible

8. Demographic Age and sex Race and ethnicity Social Family relationships, language Disability status, educational attainment Economic Income and poverty Employment status Housing Ownership, age of unit Costs

9. Demographics Age Sex Race Ethnicity Disability Status Cognitive difficulty Ambulatory difficulty Independent living difficulty Self-care difficulty Vision or hearing difficulty

10.  Repeat survey of households  Conducted primarily for labor force data  Special supplements address some health- related topics  Annual social and economic supplement (ASEC) for income, poverty, and health insurance coverage  Tobacco Use survey, typically every three-four years since 1992  Food Security survey, annually since 1995  Non-expert users may prefer published summary reports over detailed data files.

11.  Published annually  Births, deaths, marriages & dissolutions  Deaths by selected causes  Detail by race, age group, or county http://www.idph.state.ia.us/apl/common/pdf/health_statistics/2012/vital_stats_2012.pdf

12.  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System  Telephone health survey of adults 18+ years  State and federal partnership  Continuous data collection  Covers health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services

13. http://www.healthindicators.gov/

14. Then drill down to your desired region (or topic). Select the indicators tab.

15. Choose a category, refine if desired. Select your indicator from the list.

16. Learn about your indicator

17. View the data

18.  CDC BRFSS State Trends Data  http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/ http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/  National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profiles  http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/index.html http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/index.html  KIDS COUNT  http://datacenter.kidscount.org/locations http://datacenter.kidscount.org/locations  Administration on Aging AGID  http://www.agid.acl.gov/Default.aspx http://www.agid.acl.gov/Default.aspx

19.  http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/ http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/  State-level data  Compare years or states  View by gender, age, race, income, or education

20.  http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/index.html http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/index.html  Multiple data sources  Generates maps, tables, or charts  Demographic and socio-economic indicators  Cancer screening, incidence, prevalence, and mortality

21. http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/index.html

22.  www.icip.iastate.edu www.icip.iastate.edu  www.iowadatacenter.org www.iowadatacenter.org  http://www.idph.state.ia.us/ http://www.idph.state.ia.us/  https://www.educateiowa.gov/ https://www.educateiowa.gov/  http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/factbook/ http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/factbook/

23.  www.icip.iastate.edu www.icip.iastate.edu  County, city, and state level data tables for “key” indicators  Special reports  Poverty and food needs  School district data profiles

24.  Margins of error  Period estimates  Analyzing trend  Percentage change  Index of change  Adjusting for inflation

25.  Sampling error  Arises when data are gathered from a sample rather than the full population  Margin of error (MOE)  A measure of sampling error  Describes precision of an estimate at a given confidence level  MOEs should not be ignored

27.  Period estimate  Describes average characteristics over a time period of specified length  Example: ACS estimates  Point-in-time estimate  Captures conditions on the day of measurement  Example: Decennial Census  Period estimates more difficult for analyzing trends

28.  Percentage change  (( New Number / Old Number ) – 1 ) * 100  Index of change  Divide values for all years by beginning year value, so first year = 100%  Inflation adjustment  If working with dollar values, adjust for inflation  For help, try an online calculator BLS CPI Calculator (http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl)

29. http://www.census.gov/acs/www/guidance_for_data_users/guidance_main/

31. 1 dot = 10 persons decline gain 2000-2010 County Population Change

32. 1 dot = 10 persons decline gain 2010-2013 County Population Change

38. US elderly in 2010 = 13%

39. US minority population in 2010 = 36%

40. Liesl Eathington Department of Economics Iowa State University leathing@iastate.edu 515-294-2954