| Major Capabilities and User Needs |
VitalPro |
VitalWeb |
State |
| vpd |
vpu |
vfw |
std |
wzd |
hg1 |
hg2 |
| Age groups - select as 5-year, 10-year, etc. |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
| Age groups - ad-hoc customization |
10 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
| Categorical vars - ad-hoc combination into sets |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cell suppression - customization and presentation |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
| Confidence intervals - flexibility and documentation |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
| Exports results - HTML, text, dBASE, CSV formats |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
| Geographic areas - combine into sets as needed |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| ICD codes - detail included |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
| ICD codes - can combine into sets as needed |
10 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
| Leading causes - made for any race, age, etc. |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
8 |
| Maps produced - quality and customization |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
| Map colors and ranges - how customizable |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
| Map data layers - produced for GIS software |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
| Multi-Tables - can make series of tables |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Pie / line / bar charts - flexibility and appearance |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
| Remembers selections - don't need to reselect |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
6 |
| Row / column % - appearance and availability |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
| Row sorting - can be done, for any variable |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
| Statistics - age-adjust, SMR, YPLL, cesarean, etc. |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
| Table flexibility - any variable for rows / columns |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
| Table flexibility - select row / column field values |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
| Table output - appearance and documentation |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
| Time trends - analyze for significant trends |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Count: Out of 230 possible |
195 |
195 |
225 |
180 |
190 |
60 |
89 |
| Percent: Out of 100 possible |
85 |
85 |
98 |
78 |
82 |
26 |
39 |