2016-05-10

Introduction to Epi Info

Epi
E i Info
I f is
i a
Database and
Statistics software
for
public health
professionals By
Dr. Sahibzada Azhar Mujib
Data Management Coordinator

Course Objectives
After completing the course participants will able to
 Understand the key features
Understand the key features of 
of Epi
Epi Info. 
 Design simple data entry forms and apply 
Design simple data entry forms and apply customization
customization
such as legal values and Jump.
 Enter & Edit data in the electronic form.
Enter & Edit  data in the electronic form.
 Generate Line list, , Frequencies, Cross tabulations, Means, 
Generate Line list Frequencies, Cross tabulations, Means, 
Graphs and  New variables in Classic Analysis and Visual 
Dashboard analysis tool of Epi
Dashboard analysis tool of  Epi Info.
 Output the analysis results into 
Output the analysis results into Word 
Word formats.
formats.

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Course Plan
 Introduction to 
Introduction to Epi
Epi Info Software
 Introduction to Questionnaire (Food Poisoning Out
(Food Poisoning Out‐‐Break)

 Practical Work
 Activity
Activity‐‐1:
Creating Food poisoning outbreak 
questionnaire. 
 Activity
Activity‐‐2: 
2: Manage Data entry
Manage Data entry
 Activity
Activity‐‐3: Data management (Classic Analysis)
 Activity
Activity‐‐4: Basic data analysis (Classic Analysis)
 Activity
Activity‐‐5: Basic data analysis (Visual Dashboard)

Who can benefit From
this course?
Those who have 
Those who have Basic Computing skills 
Basic Computing skills 
including good working knowledge of 
Operating system 

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

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Epi Info
Info--7 Web Portal
http://www.epiinfo7.azhwebs.com
This web Portal Contains;
This web Portal Contains;
 Brief About FETP (Field Epidemiology Training Program)
 Electronic Registration
Electronic Registration of the Participants.
 Course Introduction and Training Activities
 Online Training Manual
 Training Material and Software Download
Training Material and Software Download
 Uploading of Training Activities
 Course Evaluation Form
 Photo Gallery of 
Photo Gallery of Epi
Epi Info
Info‐‐7 Training Activities and 
Participants.

This presentation gives a brief 
hi i i bi f
overview of the 
overview of the Epi
Epi Info 7 and its 
main features.

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What is Epi
What is  Epi Info?

 Epi Info is a computer program for handling 

epidemiological research data.
 It can be used for
 Outbreak investigations
 Public health surveillance
 Oth h lth d lli d
Other health and allied research 
h
Projects

What is Epi
What is  Epi Info?

 This program is developed and maintained by 
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) Atlanta, Georgia USA.

 Epi Info is in existence for more than 
Info is in existence for more than 25 years
25 years..

 Epi Info software is in the 
Info software is in the public domain.
Info software is in the public domain.
public domain

 There is no Copy Right. It is free to copy, 
There is no Copy Right.  It is free to copy, 
distribute and translate.

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What is Epi
What is  Epi Info?

 Info is a key component 
Epi Info is a key component in public health 
in public health
education around the world. 

 Used in more than 181 countries of the world.

 There are more than one million users of 
of Epi
Epi Info 
worldwide. 
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 Translated in more than 13 different languages.

Epi Info Main Features
 Rapidly create electronic form with data 
Rapidly create electronic form with data customization
customization
and validation.
and validation
and  validation.
 Enter data and 
data and manage
manage data entry.
 Data Analysis
Data Analysis: 
: including 
including 
 Listing, Sorting and Selecting data.
 Frequencies & Means.
 Cross tabulations.
 Basic and advance statistical tests.
 Import and
Import and Export data to Excel and other formats.
Export data to Excel and other formats.

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Epi Info Versions

Three Versions of EPI Info are available

DOS Version (Older Version) 
1. Epi Info 6.04d
Windows Version (New Version)
1. Epi Info 3.5.4
2. Epi Info 7

Epi Info Versions

 DOS Version (Older Version)
 First Version was released in 1985
 Last Release Version is 6.04d in Jan 2001
 Size of the Software 6 MB
 No Support form CDC

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Epi Info Versions

 1- Windows Version
 (Epi Info 3.5.4) 74 Mb (Latest release Date is 30 July 2012)

Epi Info Versions

2- Windows Version

Latest
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Version
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History of Epi Info DOS Ver.

Epi Info Series Version Support status Release date Significant changes

1 No 1 Sep 1985
2 No 20 Aug 1986
3 No 1988
4.1 No 15 Nov 1988
Allowed European date
Epi Info for 5.01 No Oct 1990 formats and non-English
DOS characters in data fields.
Added pprogrammable
g menu
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6.0 N
No 1992
system
6.02 No Oct 1994
6.04c No 1998
Year 2000 compatibility upgrade
6.04d Yes Jan 2001

History of Windows Version

Support
Epi Info Series Version Release date Significant changes
status
Epi Info 2000 1.1, 1.2 No 2 Nov 2001 First Windows-compatible version of Epi Info.

2000 2002 R2 No 30 Jan 2003 Bug Fixing

3.0, 3.01, 3.2 No Nov 2003 Windows 95 no longer supported

Case-based mapping functionality added to the
3.3 No 5 Oct 2004 Analysis MAP command.[
Ability to run reports from Analysis, disallowed
3.4 No 30 Apr 2007 multiple instances of the Analysis module, added
and CDC flags added to the Nutrition module.[3
Added feature to use standardized vocabularies.
3.5 No 9 Jun 2008 First version to require Service Pack 3 if running
Epi Info 3 Epi
p Info on a computer
p with Windows XP.[
First version compatible with Windows XP. This
3.5.1 No 13 Aug 2008 version also fixed compatibility for languages
that are read right-to-left.[

3.5.2 No 17 Dec 2010
Windows Vista and Windows-7 compatibility.
3.5.3 No 26 Jan 2011 Includes OpenEpi suit of Stat Calculations and
Fixes the known bugs and issues.
3.5.4 Yes 30 Jul 2012

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History of Windows Version

Support
Epi Info Series Version Release date Significant changes
status

Programming language changed to Visual

Windows C# .NET; MySQL and SQL Server
7.0.5 database support added; XML meta-data
XP, Vista, 7, No 5 Jan 2009 support added; Linux compatibility added;
(Apha)
Ubuntu first Windows version of Epi Info to be
open source.

Windows Upgraded framework to .NET version

7.0.7.0 No 27 Sep 2011
XP, Vista, 7 3.5; Added ability to run Epi Info 7
from a flash drive without administrator
Epi Info 7 7.0.8.0 No 17 Nov 2011 rights; Added ability for Epi Info 7
forms to work with essentially unlimited
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7.0.9.0 Windows
Wi d No 16 Apr 2012 number of fields; Mapping module
XP, added; Geocoding added; Visual
7.1.1.0 Windows Dashboard module added;
No 21 Dec 2012 Release build. Added ability to install
Vista,
Windows 7 Epi Info 7 using a traditional setup file;
7.1.3 No 07 Nov 2013 Added new check code commands;
Windows 8
& 8.1 Added ability to calculate z-scores for
7.1.4 No 11 Jul 2014 the WHO Child Growth Standards and
WHO Reference 2007.
7.1.5 Yes 19 Mar2015

Where to get Epi Info Software?

http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo

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New Features in
EPI Info Version 7
Version 7 : developed as an open-source project.
MySQL
M SQL and
d SQL server database
d b support.
Support for Multi-user environment.
Support for Windows and Linux operating systems.
Mobile data collection (Android and IOS)
Web based data collection.
Create forms that have more than 255 fields.
Can run from a flash drive.

Epi Info 7 Community Edition

http://www.codeplex.com/Epiinfo

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Epi Info Tools

Epi Info Tools

To create electronic
data entry Forms
with validation and
customization

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Epi Info Tools

To manage data
entry in the
questionnaire

Epi Info Tools

To analysis data including;

frequencies, means, cross
tabulation, graphs, statistical
tests etc using Classical
Command driven analysis

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Epi Info Tools

To analysis data including;

frequencies, means, cross
tabulation, graphs, statistical
tests by generating various
analysis gadgets on Visual
Dashboard.

Epi Info Tools

Create Maps shows distribution

of data in accordance with the
geographic boundaries of the
area.

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Epi Info Tools

Option tool is used to

make various setting of
the Epi Info software.

Epi Info Tools

In this Course we will work

with these three main tools
of Epi Info.

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Form Designer Module

Questionnaire Field

Form Design Canvas

Form Designer Module

 The Form Designer module is used to 
The Form Designer module is used to create questionnaires and 
create questionnaires and 
data entry forms..
data entry forms
 The form can consist of 
The
The form can consist of one page or many pages 
form can consist of one page or many pages depending 
one page or many pages depending 
depending
upon the number of questions.
 Different customizations such as conditional skip patterns, data 
Different customizations
validation, and custom calculations can applied using various 
check code commands.
 Multiple forms 
Multiple forms can be designed in the same project file.
can be designed in the same project file.
 The form can also be 
The form can also be transferred to Android device
transferred to Android device for mobile 
data collection.
 You can use the 
You can use the TTemplate of the questions, forms or whole 
project for future use.

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Enter Module

Enter Module
 Enter module automatically creates data table 
Enter module automatically creates data table from the 
from the 
questionnaire in the form designer.
 The data table 
The
The data table holds all the data 
data table holds all the data which is entered through the 
holds all the data which is entered through the 
which is entered through the
form.
 Form Customizations are applied during the data entry 
process which prevents the entry of invalid or ambiguous 
data.
 Entered record can be revisited
Entered record can be revisited using navigations buttons and 
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if needed can be edited or deleted
if needed can be edited or deleted..
 Finding a particular record for data correction.
 Data can be imported
Data can be imported from Android device.
 On click export of the data to Microsoft Excel
On click export of the data to Microsoft Excel..

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Type of Analysis in Epi
Type of Analysis in Epi Info
 Line List, sort, frequencies, means, cross 
tabulations
 Statistical analysis (Basic & Advanced)

 Generate new variables

 Produce HTML output file of analysis

 Graphical representation
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 Import/Export data (Access, Excel, Dbase)

 Generate program file/syntax file

Epi Info
Info--7 Analysis Modules
Two data analysis modules are available in Epi
are available in Epi Info
Info‐‐7
 Classic Analysis
y
 Visual Dash Board Analysis

These Analysis module can analyze data from:
 Data entered with the Enter module of Epi
Data entered with the Enter module of Epi Info
 Data imported from different data formats (Access, Excel, 
Sql etc).

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Classical Analysis Module
 Continuation of the analysis 
module of the older version 
of epi
of epi info 3.5.x.

Commands
Output Window
 Command driven point and 
Command driven point and 
click analysis.
 As the command is run, its 
codes are saved to the 
program editor.
dit Program Editor

 These analysis codes can be customized
These analysis codes can be  customized , , saved
saved, , shared
shared, and 
, and 
re‐used in the future with data revision.
re‐

Visual Dashboard Analysis
• Visual dashboard is new analysis tool for Epi Info‐7.
• The characteristic feature of the dashboard is the
The characteristic feature of the dashboard is the 
Analysis Gadgets.
• Analysis Gadgets are square or rectangular shaped 
objects which contains analysis results (freq, tables etc.
• These gadgets are placed on the work space which is 
called Dashboard Canvas.
• The whole dashboard along with gadgets can be saved 
and reloaded  and exported to Excel, Word or HTML 
format.

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Visual Dashboard Analysis

EPI Info-
Info-7 Project Files

 When a Project in created in 
When
When a Project in created in Epi
a Project in created in Epi Info
Info‐‐7, it 
7, it
Creates a folder 
Creates a folder with the same name.
with the same name.
 Within the folder, two files are 
created having same name.
1‐ Prjj file
2‐ mdb file

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Epi Info‐
Info‐7 Data Storage 
Two Database Storage Systems are used in Epi Info‐7.
1. Microsoft Access Database (Single System)
2. Microsoft SQL server (Network System)
Microsoft Access Database
 It has an extension of (.MDB)
 Double clicking this file does not 
open it in Epi Info but opens in 
Microsoft Access.
 The data file has to open through Epi Info program.

Main Components of
Epi Info Data file
Data Table
(C t i
(Contains
Project Data)
Form Program File
(Containing
(Electronic analysis
Questionnaire)
Syntax)

Epi Info
Project
File

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Single Epi Info Data file can contain

many Forms, Tables and Program files.

DataTable1 DataTable2 DataTable3

Form 3 Program1

Form 2 Program2

Epi
Form 1 Program3
Info

What is Form and

Data Table?

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Comparison of
Form and Data Table
Data Table

Form Data Table

Comparison of
Form and Data Table
Data Table

Form Data Table

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Steps Involved
in
Managing
Research Data usingg
Epi Info Software

Steps of Managing Data

Using Epi Info Software
• Create an electronic form in EPI Info
Step 1 • Create Forms/Form
/ Designer
g

• Enter data in the form/questionnaire

Step 2 • Enter Data

• Data Analysis based on analysis plan

Step
S 3 • Analysis
A l i D Data (Cl
(Classic,
i ViVisuall D
Dashboard)
hb d)

• Exporting analysis output in Microsoft Word

Step 4 • Analysis output file HTML

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Thank you

Q
Questions?

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