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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

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SEER*stat rates analyses: Overview of age-adjusted rates and rate sessions


Saturday, November 2, 2013 : 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Steve Scoppa, BS, Information Management Services, Inc., Calverton, MD
The purpose of this presentation is to provide the foundation for how and why age-adjusted rates are calculated and the multiple data sources required as well as introduce the SEER*Stat rate session

Learning Areas:

Biostatistics, economics
Epidemiology
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Explain the usefulness of age-adjusted rates and how they are computed. Demonstrate how to produce basic age-adjusted incidence rates using SEER*Stat

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I've been one of the lead developers of the SEER*Stat software for the full 17 years of it's existence. Over that time I've been using the software for the production of published statistics, and providing technical support and training for SEER*Stat. This includes training at the 2008 and 2011 APHA meetings.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
IMS, Inc. Software development and data analysis Employment (includes retainer)

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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