FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: MORTALITY RATES

Geodataset Name:      MORTAL
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This map layer contains mortality information for eleven leading causes of death, 
eight subset causes, and all causes combined for Health Service Areas in the State 
of Florida from 1988-1992. The information was provided by the National Center for 
Health Statistics and was originally published in the Atlas of United States Mortality. 
The age-adjusted mortality rates include rates by sex and race (white and black). 
DATA SOURCE(S):                   United States Geological Survey
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    1: 2,000,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     1999
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
 

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: MORTAL.DBF
ITEM NAME   WIDTH     TYPE        PRECISION

SHAPE          8      SHAPEPOLY      0
HSA            3      CHARACTER      -
HSA_NAME      65      CHARACTER      -
RateXXYY      19      DECIMAL        9
RelXXYY        8      CHARACTER      -
SigXXYY        8      CHARACTER      -
Descript      50      CHARACTER      -
 

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:


ITEM        ITEM DESCRIPTION 

SHAPE       Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
             which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
HSA         The number of the Health Service Area
HSA_NAME    The name of the Health Service Area
RATEXX_YY   The age-adjusted death rate due to cause YY (see table below) per  
             100,000 population, for group XX (see table below)
             
        	XX indicates the gender and ethnic group to which the
        	rate applies, where:
          	  WM = White males
          	  WF = White females
          	  BM = Black males
          	  BF = Black females
          	  
        	YY indicates the cause of death to which the rate
        	applies, where:
          	  01 = Heart disease
          	  04 = All cancers
          	  05 = Lung cancer
          	  06 = Breast cancer
          	  07 = Colorectal cancer
          	  08 = Prostate cancer
          	  09 = Stroke
          	  10 = Unintentional injuries
          	  11 = Motor vehicle injuries
          	  12 = Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD)
          	  13 = Pneumonia and influenza
          	  14 = Diabetes
          	  15 = Suicide
          	  16 = Firearm suicide
          	  17 = Homicide
          	  18 = Firearm homicide
          	  19 = Liver disease
          	  20 = HIV
          	  25 = All causes
          	  
RELXX_YY    A description of the reliability of the death rate measure, for deaths of 
	     group XX (see table below) due to cause YY (see table below).(An unreliable 
	     rate is one with a coefficient of variation >23%.  These rates are typically 
	     based on small numbers of deaths).
             
              	XX indicates the gender and ethnic group to which the
             	reliability measure applies, where:
          	  WM = White males
          	  WF = White females
          	  BM = Black males
          	  BF = Black females
          	  
        	YY indicates the cause of death to which the reliability
        	measure applies, where:
          	  01 = Heart disease
          	  04 = All cancers
          	  05 = Lung cancer
          	  06 = Breast cancer
          	  07 = Colorectal cancer
          	  08 = Prostate cancer
          	  09 = Stroke
          	  10 = Unintentional injuries
          	  11 = Motor vehicle injuries
          	  12 = Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD)
          	  13 = Pneumonia and influenza
          	  14 = Diabetes
          	  15 = Suicide
          	  16 = Firearm suicide
          	  17 = Homicide
          	  18 = Firearm homicide
          	  19 = Liver disease
          	  20 = HIV
          	  25 = All causes
          	  
SIGXX_YY    A description of whether the death rate of group XX (see table below) 
             due to cause YY (see table below) varies significantly from the U.S. 
             death rate
             
        	XX indicates the gender and ethnic group to which the
        	significance measure applies, where:
          	  WM = White males
          	  WF = White females
          	  BM = Black males
          	  BF = Black females
          	  
        	YY indicates the cause of death to which the
        	significance measure applies, where:
          	  01 = Heart disease
          	  04 = All cancers
          	  05 = Lung cancer
          	  06 = Breast cancer
          	  07 = Colorectal cancer
          	  08 = Prostate cancer
          	  09 = Stroke
          	  10 = Unintentional injuries
          	  11 = Motor vehicle injuries
          	  12 = Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD)
          	  13 = Pneumonia and influenza
          	  14 = Diabetes
          	  15 = Suicide
          	  16 = Firearm suicide
          	  17 = Homicide
          	  18 = Firearm homicide
          	  19 = Liver disease
          	  20 = HIV
          	  25 = All causes
          	  
DESCRIPT      FGDL added item based on HSA_NAME
          
 

USER NOTES:

The user is cautioned not to over-interpret apparent visual correlations between 
spatial patterns of mortality and environmental and (or) sociodemographic factors.  
In many cases, patterns appear similar because some other unmeasured factor causes 
both the risk factor and the mortality patterns, not because the risk factor 
actually causes higher mortality.  Users are urged to confirm suspected 
correlations by a more complete multi variate analysis which includes known risk 
factors for the disease.

Additional information may be obtained from the home page of the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National 
Center for Health Statistics, at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not
suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling purposes. Please be sure
you are using the best available data.

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county
level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.

1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.

1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered
suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for
projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with
data documentation. For additional information, see the References section
and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more
information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at:

http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)
-Extent set to the State of Florida
-Name changed from mortalp020 to mortal
-DESCRIPT item based on HSA_name
-Upcased all character records
-Dropped old internal coverage items: MORTALP_2_, MORTALP_21
-Added spacers between XX & YY in item names for readability.
 (eg. changed "RATEXXYY" to "RATEXX_YY")
 

REFERENCES:

Pickle L.W., Mungiole M., Jones G.K., White A.A., Atlas of United States Mortality. 
  Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Publication. No. (PHS) 97-1015. 
  Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 1996. 
  
Additional information may be obtained from the home page of the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center
for Health Statistics, at: . 
 

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Data originally released by U.S. Geological Survey in 1999. In 2001, the data was 
downloaded in shapefile format by the GeoPlan Center from the National Atlas 
website: http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html. Data was projected to FGDL Albers HPGN 
and clipped to the State of Florida. When received, data was in Geographic 
projection, Datum: NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980, Units: Decimal degrees.
 

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

  Projection                           ALBERS
  Units                                METERS
  Datum                                HPGN
  Spheroid                             GRS1980
  1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
  2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
  central meridian                    -84   0  0.000
  latitude of projection's origin      24   0  0.000 
  false easting (meters)               400000.00000
  false northing (meters)              0.00000
  
 

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name:                   Earth Science Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey			 
Abbr.name:              USGS		
Address:                521 National Center, Reston, VA 20192					
Phone:                  1-888-275-8747 			 			
Web site:               http://nationalatlas.gov/	
Ftp site:               http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html                                 
Email:                  atlasmail@usgs.gov
Contact Person: 	
         Phone:         703-648-5175	
         Email:         atlasmail@usgs.gov                

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:                http://www.fgdl.org
Contact FGDL:
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      FGDL Frequently Asked Questions:  http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
      FGDL Mailing Lists:               http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
      For FGDL Software:                http://www.fgdl.org/software.html