1. Epi Info™/ProPAN
Roger Mir, MSSE, MBA, MCSD
Computer Scientist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
05/01/2012
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office

2. Agenda
 Epi Info™ Overview
 Background
 Current Usages
 New Version
 Features
 Demonstration
 ProPAN Demo
 Questions / Discussion

3. What is Epi Info™?
 A suite of public domain software tools designed for
the global community of public health practitioners
and researchers.
 Used extensively throughout CDC, domestically and
internationally.

4. History of Epi Info™
1993 1998
The idea of a Microsoft Windows Epi Info v.6 was redistributed 2007
1987 based version of Epi Info introduced. with Y2K compatibility. Epi Info v. 3.4.3 provides compatibility
Epi Info v.2 distributed.
with industry standards.
1985 1996 2000 2009
Epi Info is The Epi Info Worldwide Epi Info 2000 is released Epi Info 7 is
1990 2005
developed. Discussion LISTSERV transferred developed
Epi Info v.5 dispersed to CDC. Inception of the
internationally. Epi Info rewrite
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Epi Info v.1
implemented Internet distribution of
as a DOS path file. Epi Info began.
1986 1994 Epi Info 2000 for Microsoft Windows 95,
98 and NT was released.
Epi Info v.3 and v.4 disseminated 1999
to the masses.
1988
Evaluation of Epi Info Epi Info 2002 is released. Epi Info v. 3.5 released.
performed. 2002 2008
Epi Info version, Epi Map v.1
and Epi Map v.2 developed. 1997
1992

5. Epi Info™ Registered Users In State Health
Departments
70
62 62
55 55
44 42 41
34 33 32 31 29 29 29 28 26
22 21 20 20 18 17
Tx Mo Va Fl Ga Ny Ca Tn Md Pa Il Mn Ky Ma Nc Ct Or Az Oh La Ut Id Wy
16 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 10 10
7 7
5 4 4 4
1
Hi Nj Wi Ri Ks Mt Ia In Ms Nd Ne Ak Ok Co Sc Wa Mi Nm Nh Nv Sd Al Me De Vt
Over 1,080 State Health Department users have registered Epi Info™ since 2001

6. 98
Honduras
1129
Colombia
98
Israel
Mexico
1041
98
Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom 961
96
Ghana
Canada
884
96
Puerto Rico
Spain
Other Countries >45 Users
93
uruguay
Italy
89
Cuba
Argentina
709 707 645
Brazil - 3,000 registered users.
87
Iran
India
87
Tanzania
China
632 623
84
Bangladesh
Unites States - 12,000 registered users.
Chile
83
Nicaragua
France
517 477
Zimbabwe 77
Peru
67
Ethiopia
Australia
63
Greece
421 395
59
Russia Japan
57
Poland Thailand
55
Lithuania South Africa
317 276 260
53
Ireland Sweden
53
Mozambique
Nigeria
51
Congo, De…
Taiwan
51
Tunisia
Germany
50
Nepal
Epi Info™ Registration by Country
Portugal
Over 32, 500 users around the world have registered Epi Info™ since 2001
50
Sudan
Indonesia
234 226 214 212 212 197
46
Benin
46
Czech…

7. Strengths
 Free
 Versatility
 Agile during emergencies
 Robust for large-scale data collection and management
 Enables data sharing
 Uses standard vocabulary
 Has robust import/export capabilities
 Fits the needs of epidemiology

8. New Version
EPI INFO™ VERSION 7

9. Epi Info 7 – Core Principles
 Free
 Easy to use
 Lightweight & Agile
 Standards based
 No “IT guys” needed

10. ProPAN Demo

11. Questions?

12. ProPAN Team
 Chessa Lutter, PAHO/WHO
 Roger Mir, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Helena Pachón, Emory Rollins School of Public Health
 Kevin Sullivan, Emory Rollins School of Public Health
 Edith Chung, UNICEF
 Christine Rudart, UNICEF
 Hilary Creed de Kanashiro, Institute for Investigation in
Nutrition, Peru

13. Roger Mir
Email: rmir@cdc.gov
It’s FREE!!!
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The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official
position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
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