Missouri Senior Report

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County press releases and county indicator pages may be viewed or printed by using the Quick Links menus.

Please click on this link to view the recorded webcast with Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, DHSS Director, Jane Drummond, & OSEDA Director, Bill Elder.

Questions may be submitted via email to umosedasrreport@missouri.edu or by calling 573/882-7396.

What is an outcome indicator?
An outcome indicator represents an issue important to the overall well-being of Seniors in your community.

What is an outcome measure?
An outcome measure is the specific item that indicates how well Seniors are doing in regard to an issue. Measures were selected based upon the availability over time and the reliability of the data.

What is a status indicator?
The status indicators describe the characteristics of the Senior population in a county at a single point in time. The status indicators provide context for understanding and prioritizing the outcome indicators.

What is an index?
An index is a tool that combines more than one measure into a single value by converting different units of measurement into a standard unit of measure. An index is used to describe an indicator when single measures are unavailable.

How do I interpret the county rank for an outcome indicator?
The county rank for an outcome indicator represents the relative position of a county in the context of all 114 Missouri counties and St. Louis City with ‘1’ indicating the most positive finding.

How do I interpret the composite rank?
The composite county rank is a ranked index of the sum of the standardized outcome measures and represents the relative position of a county in the context of all 114 Missouri counties and St. Louis City with ‘1’ indicating the most highest overall score.

How do I interpret the trend arrow?
The trend arrow indicates the direction of the indicator in a county over time. An arrow pointing upward signals an improvement for Seniors for that indicator. Conversely, an arrow pointing downward signifies a decline, while a horizontal arrow indicates that no change has occurred between the base and current years. A dash in the trend column indicates that the time element associated with that outcome measure is not sufficiently reliable to report change.

This file last modified Thursday December 06, 2007, 14:17:49

Missouri Senior Report is published by the State of Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), MU’s Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (OSEDA) and University of Missouri Extension.

For more information about the report and to request printed copies please contact: at 573-751-6062 or info@dhss.mo.gov

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OSEDA, Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis Telephone: (573)882-7396
602 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO 65211