Fwd: Trends in Health and Aging

From: Joan Stillwell <stillwel_at_nber.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:24:45 -0400

>Subject: Trends in Health and Aging
>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:51:59 -0400
>Thread-Index: AcgPhl8lE7lve81tQsyDXh2XXAbRDA==
>From: "Gorina, Yelena \(CDC/CCHIS/NCHS\)" <yag9_at_cdc.gov>
>
>Dear
>Colleague,
>
>
> The National Center for Health Statistics is pleased to announce
> a new release of updated statistical tests
> (<http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/aging/stu.htm>http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/aging/stu.htm)
> on the Trends in Health and Aging web-site
> (<file://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm>www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm).
> The updated tests can perform comparisons of two values, the Bonferroni
> test, test for trends, and comparisons of the slopes for two trends. The
> tests are available on-line and as a tool in the downloadable tables. To
> use statistical tests in the downloadable tables please follow step 1-
> step 3 on the page
> (<http://209.217.72.34/aging/download.htm>http://209.217.72.34/aging/download.htm).
>
>
>Our Power Point presentations on
> -Major trends and patterns in health and aging,
> -Major trends and patterns in diabetes for older Americans,
> -Major trends in medication spending by older Americans,
> -Major trends and patterns in supplemental health insurance
> coverage for Medicare beneficiaries
>are available at
><http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/aging/ppt_english.htm>http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/aging/ppt_english.htm.
>
>
> Our next demonstration of the Trends in Health and Aging web-site
> will be at the NCHS exhibit at The 2007 Annual Meeting of the
> Gerontological Society on Aging (GSA) in San Francisco, CA, November
> 15-20, 2007. Please visit us to see a demonstration of the Trends in
> Health and Aging web-site and learn about NCHS data sources for Aging
> research and to get .
>
>If you haven't used the Trends in Health and Aging site
>(<file://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm>www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm)
>before, it is a comprehensive source of information about the health
>status, health behaviors, health insurance coverage, health care
>expenditures, and the use of health services by the aging population in
>the U.S. It is maintained by NCHS and is supported by the National
>Institute of Aging of the National Institutes of Health.
>
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Received on Tue Oct 16 2007 - 11:24:45 EDT