1. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 The Current Status and Future of Annual Vital Statistics Reports By Garland Land NAPHSIS Executive Director

2. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 SURVEY METHODS 26 Responses Responses from large and small states Closed and open ended questions

3. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 ANNUAL REPORT SURVEY RESULTS Most jurisdictions (24) have an Annual Vital Statistics Report The number of months after the end of the calendar year before the report is released ranges from 6-50 months. The median is 12 months

4. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 MOST JURISDICTIONS PRODUCE A REPORT WITH PRIMARILY JUST TABLES AND GRAPHS 15 jurisdictions produce a report with just tables and graphs 5 jurisdictions produce a report that includes descriptive analysis 5 jurisdictions produce a report that includes both tables, graphs, and analysis

5. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 MOST JURISDICTIONS (16) HAVE CHANGED THEIR REPORT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS More analysis Less analysis Added color Added trends Added maps Added age adjusted rates Reduced the size Printing fewer copies Using SAS to produce the report

6. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 MOST JURISDICTIONS STILL PRODUCE HARD COPIES 19 publish by hard copy and on website 4 publish on website only 1 publishes hard copy only

7. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 MOST JURISDICTIONS PUBLISH ANALYTIC, DESCRIPTIVE REPORTS BESIDES THEIR ANNUAL REPORT 18 jurisdictions publish analytical, descriptive reports 8 jurisdictions do not publish analytical, descriptive reports

8. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 MOST JURISDICTIONS HAVE A WEB BASED QUERY SYSTEM (WDQS) 16 have a WDQS 9 do not have WDQS Few jurisdictions (4) have changed their reports because of WDQS

9. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 MOST JURISDICTIONS PRODUCE REPORTS FOR COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT 22 jurisdictions produce community assessment reports 4 jurisdictions do not produce community assessment reports

10. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 THERE IS NOT A STRONG INTEREST IN HAVING NAPHSIS DEVELOP REPORT STANDARDS 9 jurisdictions would like to have NAPHSIS develop report standards 11 jurisdictions are not interested in NAPHSIS developing report standards 6 are not sure

11. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 THERE IS AN INTEREST IN HAVING NAPHSIS DEVELOP STATISTICAL STANDARDS 18 jurisdictions indicated interest in NAPHSIS statistical standards 8 jurisdictions showed no interest in NAPHSIS statistical standards

12. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 REASONS FOR DELAYS IN PRODUCING ANNUAL REPORTS Waiting on out of state records Waiting on population estimates Devoting staff to WDQS Devoting staff to re-engineering

13. 2008 NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence Orlando, FL June 1 st – 5 th, 2008 HOPES AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Hope to produce more timely provisional data because of EBR and EDR Would like to have NAPHSIS compare the NCHS standards with other agency standards (NCI, Injury Program, EPHTN, etc.) Want to develop seamless way to generate “report ready” tables and graphs Considering doing away with hard copy report Expect to print fewer copies Plan to do more topical reports Hoping STEVE will help improve timeliness Doing a user evaluation