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How To... - Read A Data Table
Prevalence Tables
This section provides information on how to read and interpret
the Prevalence Tables produced by the Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance
System (PedNSS) and the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS).
The PedNSS and PNSS prevalence reports can be used to monitor specific
health indicators in public health programs. You can use the PedNSS and
PNSS prevalence tables to make comparisons of prevalence for each health
indicator, including:
- summary or overall prevalence
- geographic comparisons of prevalence
- prevalence stratified by demographic variables
Begin by reviewing the PedNSS and PNSS Summary of Health Indicators
tables because these provide information about overall prevalence and can
help you identify health problems or improvements in health indicators in
your population. The
number of records included in the data table analysis varies with each
health indicator.
More Info on Prevalence Tables
Prevalence tables in PedNSS include:
- Summary of Health Indicators
- Table 2, Summary of Health Indicators
- Summary of Breastfeeding Indicators
- Table 3, Summary of Breastfeeding Indicators
- Geographic Comparison of Health Indicators
- Table 6, Comparison of Growth and Anemia Indicators
- Table 7, Comparison of Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in
Household
- Health Indicator by Demographic Variables
- Table 8, Growth and Anemia Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and Age
- Table 9, Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in Household by
Race/Ethnicity
- Table 16, Growth Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and Age
- Table 17, Anemia Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and Age
Prevalence tables in PNSS include:
- Summary of Health Indicators
- Table 2, Summary of Health Indicators
- Geographic Comparison of Health Indicators
- Table 5, Comparison of Maternal Health Indicators
- Table 6, Comparison of Maternal Behavioral Indicators
- Table 7, Comparison of Smoking Indicators
- Table 8, Comparison of Infant Health Indicators
- Health Indicator by Demographic Variables
- Table 9, Maternal Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, Age, or
Education
- Table 10, Maternal Behavioral Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, Age, or
Education
- Table 11, Smoking Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, Age, or Education
- Table 12, Infant Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity, Age, or
Education
- Birth Outcome and Risk Factor Analysis
- Table 13, Maternal Weight Gain and Birth Outcomes by Select Health
Indicators
The How To Interpret Data
section will provide you with more
information on how to interpret the data in the tables and apply the basic
principles of epidemiology. The
How To Review Data Quality
section will
provide guidance on how to evaluate the quality of your data so erroneous
conclusions are not drawn from poor quality data.
In addition, there are sections covering
Demographic Tables and
Trend Tables.
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