1. 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

2. 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

3. 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™.

4. What is Epi Info™?  A suite of tools  A standards-based approach  Freely distributable

5. Epi Info™ History Timeline

6. 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

11. Epi Info™ Menu Language Translation

13. Who Uses Epi Info™ *There were 18,703 new registered users since 1 January 2011

14. 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

18. Epi Info™ Today  Compatibility  File formats  Epi Info™ Version 3.5.3 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

19. Epi Info™ Compatibility  Windows and Internet standards  Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 98  MS Access file format (97-2003)  Uses Internet Explorer  Internet Explorer 8 and 7  Uses ESRI ArcView compatible map files

20. 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)

21. Importing MS Excel Files

22. Suite of Tools  MakeView  Enter  Analysis  Epi Map  Epi Report  Translation  NutStat  Epi Info™ Menu  StatCalc  Data Compare  Epi Lock  Compact  Table-to-View

23. 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 (epiinfo@cdc.gov)epiinfo@cdc.gov

24. Resources and Technical Support  Download and install the latest Epi Info™ program from the website at: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfohttp://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo  Helpline: epiinfo@cdc.gov or call 404.498.6190epiinfo@cdc.gov  Additional training resources are available online at: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiInfo/html/tutorials.htmhttp://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiInfo/html/tutorials.htm  Epi Info™ Community of Users in phConnect: http://www.phconnect.org/group/epiinfo http://www.phconnect.org/group/epiinfo  Send your comments and suggestions to: hcollins@cdc.gov or epiinfo@cdc.gov hcollins@cdc.govepiinfo@cdc.gov

25. 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

26. For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333 Telephone, 1-800-CDC-Info™ (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348 E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web: www.cdc.gov 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.