Health Science
Health Science, Gerald Schafer
- Age Adjustment and Cancer Mortality Data Often, comparisons of population health indicators are expressed as crude and/or age adjusted rates. Age adjustment modifies the calculations by making it as if the various samples came from populations that had the same age structure. The goal of this activity is to discover how age adjustment impacts rates of a condition through an exploration of publically available cancer mortality data.
- Correlation Project - Daily Sunlight and Melanoma Sun exposure is a known risk factor for melanoma skin cancer. Although there are other potential risk and protective factors for melanoma, it is plausible that there is a positive relationship on a state level between the level of solar radiation and the incidence of melanoma skin cancer in that state. With CDC Wonder, we can do a quick investigation of this this relationship.
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This project has been made possible through the generosity of the W.M. Keck Foundation.
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