README.md

Rate Stabilizing Toolbox

Generate reliable, local-level age-standardized measures of chronic disease

Set up

1. Download the latest release's zip file
2. Unzip the zip file
3. Open ArcGIS Pro. Create a new Map Project. Within the Catalog Pane, right click on thse Toolboxes and Add Toolbox.
4. Check out the Tutorial

Tools

Individual Data Processing

It is often the case that your data is collected at the individual level. These data will be need to be aggregated to the region (and age group, for age standardized rates) for rate calculations within the Rate Stabilizing Tool. This tool was developed to make that process easier!

Inputs

• By Age (Required) - Specifies if output table should be stratified by age group.
• Input Individual Data - Layer or table view which contains region (and age, if applicable) of individuals who experienced an event. (See tutorial.gdb/MI_mort_indiv for an example)
• Input Individual Data Fields
  • Region ID (Required) - String or Integer identifier that uniquely identifies each geographic region in which an event occured.
  • Age (Required if By Age checked, Optional if By Age unchecked) - Integer age of each individual who experienced an event.
• Input Population Data - Layer or table view which contains population data aggregated by region and if applicable, age group. (See tutorial.gdb/MI_pop or tutorial.gdb/MI_pop_grouped for an example)
• Input Population Data Fields
  • Region ID (Required) - String or Integer identifier that uniquely identifies each geographic region.
  • Population Count (Required) - Integer population within region (among valid age groups, if applicable).
  • Age Group (Required if By Age checked, Optional if By Age unchecked) - String designating regional age group.
• Input Feature - Polygon feature of geographic areas within analysis. (See tutorial.gdb/MI_carto for an example)
• Input Feature Fields
  • Region ID (Required) - String or Integer identifier that uniquely identifies each geographic region.
• Output Table (Required) - Output table location and name.

Note

The following are valid age groups: [“0-4”, “5-14”, “15-24”, “25-34”, “35-44”, “45-54”, “55-64”, “65-74”, “75-84”, “85up”]. When provided age stratified data age groups must be spelled EXACTLY as written above.

Rate Stabilizing Tool

The Rate Stabilizing Tool offers an easy-to-use interface for the restricted CAR model to generate estimates of event rates for geographic areas with small population sizes or small counts.

Inputs

• Input Table (Required) - Layer or table view which contains incidence and population data aggregated by region and if applicable, age group. Typically, this table is the output of the Individual Data Processing tool. (See tutorial.gdb/MI_mort_pop or tutorial.gdb/MI_mort_pop_grouped for an example)
• Input Table Fields
  • Region ID (Required) - String or integer uniquely identifying each geographic area.
  • Event Count (Required) - Integer number of events in region among total population or if applicable, age group
  • Population Count (Required) - Integer population within region among the total population or if applicable, among an age group
• Input Feature (Required) - Polygon feature of geographic areas within the input table. (See tutorial.gdb/MI_carto for an example)
• Input Feature Field
  • Region ID (Required) - String or integer field uniquely identifying each geographic area.
• Rate (Required) - Integer specifying desired denominator for output rates.
• Output Table (Required) - Output table location and name.
• Age Standardization Parameters (Optional, but must all be filled for Age Standardization)
  • Age Group Field - String designating regional age group within Input Table.
  • Standardized Population Year - Standard population year used to adjust rate
  • Standardized Age Groups - Designates lower and upper bounds of age groups that will be standardized.