MICROCOMPUTER MORTALITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

这项建议寻求支持扩展和转换为微型计算机 Platform A死亡监测系统已成功 在大型机计算机系统上实施。这一制度的延伸 使使用高度尖端的计算机成为可能 地理地图功能。现有的系统结合了 按地理位置确定的死亡率数据和适当的人口普查 提供年龄、种族和性别特定年龄调整后发病率的数据库 任何疾病的费率(S)，按ICD规范编码。由此产生的 可以绘制和绘制随时间、地理区域或疾病的比率。 现在，随着1990年人口普查的进行，商业化的时机已经成熟 为微型计算机开发这一系统。最近在以下方面的改进 微处理器速度、光盘、存储容量和软件 足够复杂，足以处理大量变量和 Record使易于使用的微型计算机版本成为可能 死亡监测系统。疾病的地理地图已经 长期以来，对公共卫生研究人员来说，这是一项至关重要的分析技术。 这样的地图提供了一种信息量大、戏剧性的公众展示 健康数据。在易于访问的 微型计算机程序将极大地促进研究、健康程序 实施、教育和卫生规划。

This proposal seeks support to extend and convert to a microcomputer platform a mortality surveillance system that has been successfully implemented on mainframe computer systems. The extension of this system to the microcomputer makes possible the use of highly sophisticated geographic mapping capabilities. The existing system combines geographically identified mortality data with the appropriate census databases to provide age, race, and sex specific age-adjusted incidence rates for any disease(s) coded to ICD specifications. The resulting rates can be mapped and plotted over time, geographic areas, or diseases. Now, with the 1990 Census in process, the time is right for commercial development of this system for microcomputers. Recent improvements in microprocessor speeds, optical disks, storage capacities, and software sufficiently sophisticated to handle large volumes of variables and records makes possible an easy to use microcomputer version of the Mortality Surveillance System. Geographic mapping of the diseases has long been a crucial analytic technique for public health researchers. Such maps provide an informative and dramatic presentation of public health data. Providing this capability in an easily accessible microcomputer program will greatly facilitate research, health program implementation, education and health planning.