Health Data for All Ages (HDAA)
What is HDAA?
Health Data for All Ages is a website that provides quick access to tables with:
- Dependable statistics
- Pretabulated statistics
- Statistics in context
- Interactive features
- Option to download
Dependable statistics
Health statistics are available online without downloading or analyzing raw data.
- Tables are available for a wide variety of health topics.
- Only reasonably precise statistical estimates are presented.
- Although statistical significance testing is not available, tables provide standard errors and upper and lower bounds of 95% confidence intervals.
Pretabulated statistics
Health Data for All Ages presents data on population subgroups by predetermined categories for age, race/ethnicity, gender, geographic location, diseases, and risk factors to keep the size of tables manageable. After viewing tables, if you need more in-depth analysis, please see the source data for more information: Technical Notes and Source Data.
Statistics in context
Each table contains explanatory messages about the data sources,
calculation methods, and variable definitions. View a general overview
of the data by clicking on the
symbol
after the table title. Click on any of the
symbols
in the table to get more information about variables or categories
within a variable.
Interactive features
If you do not see what you are looking for on the opening view of the table, you can change the variables in the table to suit your needs.
- You can elect specific items to view within any variable.
- You can move any variable into the rows or columns of a table.
- View and print
health statistics as tables
and
as charts
.
Please see either the QuickStart Guide PDF 55 MB or the more detailed Instructions PDF 866 MB to learn more about the powerful features of these tables.
Option to download
Once you find data that you might need again, you can download it in several formats:
1.
You can download the data into MS Excel, by using the Excel
download button
.
2. You can download the data into comma or semicolon delimited format using the action menu.
3. If you plan to use tables frequently, tables with all the Beyond 20/20 functionality can also be downloaded to your computer for use any time offline. First, download and install the free Beyond 20/20 Browser. Then you may download as many tables as you need.
To download a specific table, choose a topic folder. A link is available at the bottom of the table list in each folder: "For offline use of the above tables, click here." Click on the link to see the list of available tables, and then click on a table title to download that table.
The comparison chart below may help you decide which is right for you:
Online use |
Download to computer |
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Tables are viewable immediately. |
Download the free Beyond 20/20 browser software initially, and then whenever the software is updated. Tables can then be opened immediately for viewing or saved to your computer. |
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Requires Internet access to view tables. |
Tables are viewable anytime offline after they are saved to your computer. |
|
View data as tables or charts. |
View data as tables or charts. View data available by State in maps. |
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Viewing and interactive features may be slow if Internet access is slow. |
Viewing and interactive features are always quick. |
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No additional space on your hard drive is required. |
The Beyond 20/20 software requires 8 MB free disk space and 16 MB RAM on your computer. Each downloaded table requires additional hard drive space. |
Page Last Modified: July 31, 2008
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Statistics
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