Tool Name

NCHS - Beyond 20/20 Browser

Author

United States National Center for Health Statistics

Use It Because

If you plan on using these tables more than occasionally or would like to create, manipulate, explore, and/or analyze multi-dimensional data tables, you should use the Beyond 20/20® Browser. Once you have downloaded the browser, you can examine statistics from different perspectives, pivot and nest categories, search and sort or select and hide data, turn tables into line or bar charts for easier interpretation, map national mortality rates, export tables to other applications and view documentation at the table, dimension, and item level.

What is it?

Statistical Browsing Program

What does it give you?

Tables, Maps, Charts

Format

web site

Accessed Data

Aggregate/Summary Data

Data Documentation

with each collection

Data Documentation Contents

variable definitions, data sources, methodology

Program Help

Using these Tables

User Can

View, Print & Download

Can Tables Be Modified?

Restrict any combination & create new columns

...Analysis?

Yes

Can the Statistics be Aggregated?

Yes

What Formats Can Work Be Saved In?

text, spreadsheets, html

Best Feature(s)

Beyond 20/20 translates tables into a multi-dimensional structure (see images 1 and 2 below) instead of using spreadsheets which use a two-dimensional structure (see image 3). The user navigates the dimension by using the arrows in the top toolbar.

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