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**How to View the Data**You may    view the data either through an expedited query or expanded table format.

**Expedited query**If you do    not plan to visit the warehouse often and simply want a series of numbers for a particular    measure and population group, you can use our expedited query system (with the latest version of**Netscape Navigator**or **Microsoft Explorer**). Simply chose the topic and follow the instructions on the    screen. 

**How to Use the QueryExample: What is the trend in diabetes    among older African American women**?**In this example, you want to know the trend in the death rates    for diabetes mellitus among African-American women 65-74 years of age. Select    "Mortality by Race, Cause, 1980-96 (10-Year Age Groups)" from the list of topics    by clicking on the Expedited Query icon next to the title. A new screen appears with a    brief description of the table.Click on the title and the variable    selection box appears. There is a summary of the variables in the table on the right side    of the box. From the menu on the left, select each of the variables and check the    categories you are interested in. 
In this example, for "Age," select the    "65-74"age group , and for "Year" select year 1990-96.
For race, select "Black."
For    "Sex," select "Female."
For    cause of death, select "Diabetes Mellitus."
And    for "Units," select death rates, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. population -    "Rates (2000).
With    all our selections completed click on "view data." You will see the table.
More    information about **Beyond 20/20**�**Web Data Server**
**Expanded tables**

If you plan on being a regular user of our data    and want to access a full range of options, including graphics, you should **download** the Beyond 20/20� browser. Once you have done this, you can use    the browseranytime. This tool allows you to    create, manipulate, explore, and analyze multi-dimensional data tables. Using the browser    you can:Examine statistics from    different perspectivesPivot and nest categoriesSearch and sort or select and hide dataTurn tables    into line or bar charts for easier interpretationExport tables to other applicationsView documentation at the table, dimension, and item level
**How    to Use the Browser    Example: Has the health of older women improved over the past two decades?In this example, you are interested in acquiring information on the trend in the    health status of women age 85 and older. Download the browser and identify tables that    provide the information needed.**Open    the table on "Percent in Fair or Poor Health" by clicking on the Expanded tables icon next to the title, then select    "open it" in the next dialogue box.In this example you want to limit the table to    older women. Select the variable "Sex" from the menu box in the menu bar    directly above the table, then use the arrows on either side of the box to select    "Sex: Female." This will be reflected in the variable dimension box for sex,    directly below and to the right of the menu box.
Drag    the blue column title "age" (holding the left mouse button down) until it covers    the variable title "Race: All," which is above and to the right. Categories of    the race variable then become the rows, and age becomes a category selection variable.    Select age from the menu and find the category "85 and older" using the arrows.    The table has been redesigned.To see a graph of the trend, highlight the row for    "All races," and click on the "display chart" button in the menu bar.
Finally, download the table into a    spreadsheet or database. From the drop down file menu at the top select "save    as" and then identify the type of file to be saved, the location, and the name with    appropriate subscript.After saving the table on fair and poor    health, you    can return to the list of topics and select another table relating to the health status of older    women.
Each    table contains a Help feature that will assist you in manipulating and analyzing the data.    Please **Let    Us Know**    if you experience any problems.
**To learn more    about the Browser:**Download Beyond20/20� QuickStart Guide**View/download PDF** 393 KB**(Download Adobe Acrobat    4.0)**Access **Beyond 20/20**�**QuickStart Guide**on-line.
**Downloading the Browser**When you    start the downloading process, you will be downloading a file named    BRWPRO50.EXE. You may be asked to "Run this program from its current location" or    "Save this program to disk."  Choose, "Save this program to    disk." (Remember the directory to which you save the file to.) When the download is    complete, run the file. (In Microsoft Windows, you may use the RUN key under the START    menu to run the file brwpro50.exe.)
Follow the on-screen setup    instructions.

Click    on the setup button to install the browser. On  the page "Beyond 20/20� Setup," click on "Express CD-ROM    Setup." This will create a directory called "try2020" where the browser    will be saved. At the end of the installation, you may need to restart your computer.
**Download the Browser**

We    hope to improve access to the table and we can only do this with your help. Please **Let Us Know** what you think of the system    and ways it can be improved.
 

 

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This page last reviewed August 15, 2000

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