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Introduction to GIS
Jeff StoverDirector, Health Informatics & Integrated Surveillance Systems
Division of Disease PreventionVirginia Department of Health
EPID-600September 15, 2008
– GIS defined
– The geographic foundation for PH
– Public Health GIS history
• visualization
– Confidentiality
– GIS applicability to policy andpopulation health
– Data Quality Management
Overview
What is GIS?A geographic information system is an integrated
collection of computer software and data used toview and manage information about geographicplaces, analyze spatial relationships, and modelspatial processes.1
A computer-assisted system for the capture,storage, retrieval, analysis and display of spatialdata.2
Computer-based systems for integrating andanalyzing geographic data.3
1 A to Z GIS. ESRI Press.2 Clarke, 1986. p. 1753 Cromley and McLafferty. 2002
The Geographic Foundation forPublic Health
• Answers the basic question “where?”
– Where do people live?
– Where are the agents of disease or specifichealth-related events?
– Where can we intervene to eliminate/reducerisks or to improve health service delivery?
• People and the factors that cause diseaseare dispersed, often unevenly, acrosscommunities and regions.
Virginia Population Change
• http://vastudies.pwnet.org/pdf/va_time_line.pdf
• * US Census Bureau
1800 ~650,000
1900 1,854,184 +185%
2000 7,078,515 +282%
2007* 7,712,091 +8.95%
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• http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/slides/dot/slides/AIDSmaps.ppt
– Beginnings• 1970’s• Internal reports
– Late 1990’s• ODW
– OASIS• HIV/STD
– Office of Epidemiology• Fish advisories• Environmental Epi
– Enterprise GIS• EP&R
– Current status
GIS at VDH
Division of HIV/STD
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• http://www.healthmap.org/en
Confidentiality
• GIS is fairly new to STD surveillance
• Technology has outpaced confidentiality standards
• Is geocoded and/or mapped data easily identifiable?– Use of rates, ranges, etc.
– Randomization of points, offsets
• Need to establish guidance for users and recipients– Data sharing agreements
“Mapping communicable diseases atdetailed geographic scales raisessignificant concerns about privacy andconfidentiality.”
Cromley and McLafferty, Guilford Press 2002.
• “CDC recommends that data bereleased in the form that is closest tomicrodata and that still preservesconfidentiality.”
CDC/ATSDR Policy on Releasing and Sharing Data
• “Protected Health Information…[means] any information,whether oral, written, electronic, visual, pictoral, physical,or any other form, that related to an individual’s past,present, or future…condition, treatment, services…whichreveals the identity of the individual…or where there is areasonable basis to believe such information could beutulized to reveal the identity of that individual….thisdefinition should be interpreted broadly.”
Model State Public Health Privacy Act
CDC Comments on Disclosure ofConfidential Information
“Those assessing the risk that confidential information willbe disclosed should recommend the statistical methodsto be used for disclosure protection (e.g. suppression,random perturbations, recoding, top- or bottom-coding.)The recommended methods should balance the risk ofdisclosure against the possibility that reducing the risk ofdisclosure will also reduce the usefulness of the data forpublic health practice and research.”
This requires staff trained to assess such risks.
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From CDC Guidelines for HIV/AIDSSurveillance, Appendix C: Security and
Confidentiality
• “Geographic information systems (GIS) allow for relatively accuratedot-mapping. Care must be taken that graphic (like numeric)presentation of data cannot permit the identification of any individualby noting pinpoint observations of HIV cases at, for example, thecounty, ZIP code, or census tract level.”
• “Generally speaking, only aggregated HIV/AIDS surveillance datashould be released outside the HIV/AIDS surveillance unit throughpublished reports, grant applications, grant progress or planningreports, correspondence, newsletters, public meeting, or pressreleases.”
From CDC Guidelines for HIV/AIDSSurveillance, Appendix C: Security and
Confidentiality• “In developing a data release policy, state and local HIV/AIDS
surveillance programs should be mindful that, given the locationof a particular case-patient, less obvious data elements could belinked together to identify an individual. For example, whenreleasing data on a community with relatively few members of aracial/ethnic group or age group, surveillance staff should becareful that release of aggregate data on the distribution of HIV-infected individuals by these categories could not suggest theidentity of an individual.”
• “As a rule, CDC will not release aggregated data in tables whencell size is three or less (on a national level.)”
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District: Fairfax
Reported: 50
A rollover on the districtshows the name and thereported number of cases
Note: A lower than normalreporting week would alsoappear on the map
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Does GIS provide “added value”?
GIS is a tool for understandinghow spatial relationships canand/or do affect an outcome
[e.g., public health].
Is GIS more than just maps(“eye candy”)?
1. Available at:http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/gis/conference98/gisindex.html
“As issues become visualized through maps,GIS can provide a mechanism to bring changeto communities.” 1
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR)
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Targeted Public Information Campaign based on GIS Analysis of Bus RoutesTraversing Core Areas
Can GIS affect change to the healthof a community?
Business Process Analysis
• How do we do our work?
• How should we do our work?
• How can an Information system[geocoder] support our work?
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What is Geocoding?
Address:Address:920 Main St.920 Main St.Richmond, VA 23220Richmond, VA 23220
Longitude (X3):Longitude (X3): --77.45172377.451723Latitude (Y3):Latitude (Y3): 37.55016437.550164
905 Main St. X1, Y1910 Main St. X2, Y2920 Main St. X3, Y3930 Main St. X4, Y4940 Main St. X5, Y5
Street Database
Healthy People 2010:
Increase the proportion of all majornational, state, and local health datasystems that use geocoding to promotenationwide use of geographicinformation systems (GIS) at all levels.
John Snow
0139 Vibrio cholerae Dr.
Richmond, VA, 23231
Address:0139 Vibrio Cholerae Dr.Richmond, VA, 23231
Special Problem in Virginia
Solution: Geocoding
RichmondMorbidity
Henrico
Reporting Form
• Independent cities
• In Virginia, under state constitutional changesafter the American Civil War (1861-1865),beginning in 1871, cities became politicallyindependent of the counties. For many practicalpurposes, an independent city in Virginia sincethen has been comparable to a county. Manyagencies of the U.S. Government considerVirginia's independent cities to be county-equivalents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_counties%2C_cities%2C_and_towns_of_Virginia#Independent_cities
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• Virginia is divided into independent cities and counties,which function in the same manner. According to the USCensus Bureau, independent cities are consideredcounty-equivalent.[58] Under Virginia law, allmunicipalities incorporated as cities are independent ofany county. As of 2006, thirty-nine of the forty-twoindependent cities in the United States are in Virginia.Virginia does not have any political subdivisions, such asvillages or townships, for areas of counties that are notwithin the boundaries of incorporated towns. There arehundreds of other unincorporated communities inVirginia, sometimes informally called towns.[59]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia#Cities_and_towns
Name Street City County St Zip
A Movable Feast 1318 E Cary St Richmond Richmond City VA 23219
Azalea Food Market &Deli 211 Azalea Ave. Richmond Richmond City VA 23227
Blimpie 13969 Raised Anter Midlothian Richmond City VA 23112
Bogey's Bagels 13520 Midlothian Trnpk Midlothian Richmond City VA 23113
Boychiks Deli 4024-B Cox Rd Richmond Richmond City VA 23233
Café 1602 1602 Rolling Hill Dr Richmond Richmond City VA 23229
Carla'sKitchen 920 W Grace St Richmond Richmond City VA 23220
Street_new City_new St Zip_new Longitude Latitude Census Block FIPS County_new Code
1318 E CARY ST RICHMOND VA 23219-4155 -77.432889 37.53488751760030500
1095 51760 RICHMOND CITY S80 AS0
211 AZALEA AVE RICHMOND VA 23227-3621 -77.424351 37.60246351087200804
3000 51087 HENRICO S80 AS0
13969 RAISEDANTLER CIR MIDLOTHIAN VA 23112-2005 -77.663853 37.402642
510411010061024 51041 CHESTERFIELD S80 AS0
13520 MIDLOTHIANTPKE MIDLOTHIAN VA 23113-4214 -77.649450 37.503059
510411009151016 51041 CHESTERFIELD S80 AS0
4024-B COX RD RICHMOND VA 23233 -77.619700 37.624400 51087200115 51087 HENRICO E022ZC5X
1602 ROLLING HILLSDR RICHMOND VA 23229-5012 -77.546885 37.601315
510872001043022 51087 HENRICO S80 AS0
920 W GRACE ST RICHMOND VA 23220-4125 -77.451723 37.55016451760040300
1003 51760 RICHMOND CITY S80 AS0
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* n = total number of net reassigned cases for the three jurisdictions
n* = 1074 n* = 859 n* = 1378 n* = 1443n* = 1568
METHODS developed by Harvard Geocoding Project
Association between poverty and reported HIV/AIDS,Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Total Early Syphilis
Cases are quantified
CALCULATE AGE-STANDARDIZED
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LEVEL
CASESSTRATIFIED BY
POVERTY LEVEL
GEOCODINGHIV/AIDS CASES
AND STDS TOCENSUS TRACT
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NUMBER OF CENSUS TRACTS BY POVERTYLEVEL*
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5.0-9.9% below poverty
10.0-19.9% below poverty
20.0-100% below poverty
* Percent below poverty based on US Census and conforms to federal definitions for poverty
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Average annual age-standardized incidence rates forHIV/AIDS and STDs in Virginia (2000-2005), by poverty
level
Take Home Messages
GIS provides…• Improved analytic capacity• More accurate surveillance reports• Improved perception of data value• More efficient time and effort for data quality
corrections• More refined knowledge of localized activity• Improve assessment of public health
program/community needs• Greater understanding and rationale for targeted
public health efforts
Jeff Stover, MPH
Director, Health Informatics & Integrated Surveillance Systems
Division of Disease Prevention
Virginia Department of Health
Jeff.Stover@vdh.virginia.gov
Contact InfoHealth Informatics & Integrated
Surveillance Systems
- Excellence Matters -
improve program capacity throughenhancement and integration of
surveillance initiatives, data qualitymanagement, public health informatics
and epidemiologic research
Survey available @www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/DiseasePrevention/reportsandpubs.ht
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Project Areas that Use GIS*Project Areas that Use GIS*
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia
*Includes the following cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco*Includes the following cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco
BaltimoreBaltimore
ChicagoChicago
Los AngelesLos Angeles
San FranciscoSan Francisco
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• Over half of the project areas (53%) use both GIS
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• Almost half of the project areas have used GIS andgeocoded for over 4 yrs.
Length of Time - GIS/Geocoded
* Time difference between use of GIS & Geocoding mainly due to project areas that use GIS butdon’t Geocode
GIS
• 27% use 2+ software applications for GIS– MapPoint, Street Atlas & QAS - used only in
conjunction with other GIS software applications
• Project areas not using ArcGIS - 3x morelikely to use >1 software program
Types of GIS Software Used
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• 90% of GIS users –geocode (3 do not)
• 54% of programs- STD only
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• 68% Mapping, Spatial Analyses & Target proginterv
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Cell Suppression
• 56% use therule of 5
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Total 2 8%
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1-5 4 16%
1-4 5 20%
0-4 1 4%
Total 14 56%
Rule of 6 0-6 1 4%
Rule of 10 N/A 1 4%
Total # using a rule 19 76%
Other 5 20%
No Rule N/A 1 4%
Total Responded 25 100%
Confidentiality Guidelines
• 85% Indicated they did not havewritten guidelines that includedGIS/geocoding
• 75% Described unwrittenprocedures related toGIS/geocoding
• 13% Indicated in the process ofdeveloping
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– 18% would like more info or were not sureif feasible/useful
• Use of Geocoding Data
– 67% (2) would geocode if training &technology avail
– 33% (1) not sure if useful
Obstacles to Use of GIS/Geocoding
Conclusions
• Use of GIS is increasing amongSTD programs
• GIS confidentiality guidance for STDprograms is needed
• More information on benefits of GISis needed
Geographic Distribution of Men Living with AIDS in 2001by U.S. Census Block Groups, San Francisco
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No suppression
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Denominator rule
Denominator trigger numerator rule
"Small Counties"
Missing
County-level Suppression of AIDS (2003) Counts
Suppression here is defined as deletion of a table cell valueunder one of three categories of race/ethnicity (White, Black,Hispanic)
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“Points, lines, and polygons”
“Grid, cells”
Two important representations of reality: Vector and Raster