Harold H. CollinsInformation Technology Specialist

Epi Info™ BackgroundKorean Public Health Surveillance Conference

30 March 2011

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

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

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™.

What is Epi Info™?

A suite of tools

A standards-based approach

Freely distributable

Epi Info™ History Timeline

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.

In Africa Epi Info™ is used as the core of surveillance systems for collection and analysis of vaccine preventable diseases.

In India Epi Info™ is used for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (Polio) surveillance.

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.

Use PercentPublic Health Research 34.3%

Public Health Education 28.9%

Clinical Research 24.8%

Public Health Practice 22.5%

National 20.1%

International 16.4%

Clinical Practice 15.3%

Community 13.7%

State 9.8%

Who Uses Epi Info™

*There were 18,703 new registered users since 1 January 2011

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 application

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

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

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)

Importing MS Excel Files

Suite of Tools

MakeView Enter

Analysis

Epi Map

Epi Report

Translation

NutStat

Epi Info™ Menu

StatCalc

Data Compare

Epi Lock

Compact

Table-to-View

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 Nitschke Epi Info™ Technical Lead

Epi Info™ Help Desk (epiinfo@cdc.gov)

Resources and Technical Support

Download and install the latest Epi Info™ program from the website at: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo

Helpline: epiinfo@cdc.gov or call 404.498.6190

Additional training resources are available online at: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiInfo/html/tutorials.htm

Epi Info™ Community of Users in phConnect: http://www.phconnect.org/group/epiinfo

Send your comments and suggestions to: hcollins@cdc.gov or epiinfo@cdc.gov

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

For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333Telephone, 1-800-CDC-Info™ (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348E-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.