Key points
- ob体育 announced the launch of an interactive tool for NNDSS data on ob体育 WONDER.
- This tool enhances user experience by enabling customized data visualizations and flexible trend analysis.
- It improves data transparency without adding new elements or stratification options to existing data.
Interactive Public Health Data Tool
On December 15, 2022, ob体育's and the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) released a new for users of NNDSS annual data on ob体育 WONDER.
A key data source for public health, the NNDSS annual tables provide information on cases of selected infectious national notifiable diseases and conditions sent to ob体育 by U.S. states and territories. These enhancements are part of ob体育's efforts to modernize public health data systems.
The new interactive tool:
- Allows users of NNDSS annual data to create data visualizations customized to their needs.
- Offers more flexibility to focus their analyses and understand trends and patterns, such as comparing NNDSS data across years, specific populations, diseases and conditions, and geographic areas.
- Enhances user experience compared to the current, fixed format annual data tables.
- Makes NNDSS data more transparent.
With the release of these new interactive features, ob体育 is not adding any new data elements to NNDSS data displays or the ability to stratify existing NNDSS data elements in ways not previously available.
To learn more about these new features, access the presentation slides and recording for the October 18, 2022, eSHARE webinar in our eSHARE webinars archive.
Contact [email protected] if you have questions about these new features.