CD-ROMs for MONICA Monograph and Multimedia Sourcebook

Introduction

These CD-ROMs are attached to the book 'MONICA Monograph and Multimedia Sourcebook¹. The CD-ROMs include:

Part 1

• A copy of the basic MONICA documentation, which has been published in the World Wide Web (WWW):
  • the MONICA Manual;
  • all the quality assessment reports of the MONICA data;
  • the MONICA data books, which present aggregate data for each population on:
    • population surveys;
    • coronary events;
    • acute coronary care;
    • stroke events.
• Copies of WWW-appendices to papers published in scientific journals. These provide methodological details or additional tables to MONICA Collaborative Publications. The WWW-publications published up to December 2002 are included.
• The list of MONICA Collaborative Publications in scientific and public health journals and in the WWW;
• A screen presentation on "Things to remember when analysing the collaborative MONICA data". It highlights the differences between analysing data from a single population and that from 30 populations, includes checklists for data analysis, and provides information on the definitions of variables and statistical methods used in MONICA.
• A description of the MONICA Archive which is a long-term store of the Project’s database. The MONICA Archive has been designed to facilitate ease of use of the data for scientific analysis by anyone permitted access to the data.
• A sample analysis data set. This includes:
  • population demographics and mortality data;
  • Health services data;
  • Population survey data - 20%² sample for each Reporting Unit and survey;
  • Coronary event and acute coronary care data - 20%² sample for each Reporting Unit;
  • Stroke event data - 20% sample for each Reporting Unit.
  The sample analysis data set was extracted from the Basic Analysis Data Set of the MONICA Archive, using systematic sampling of the survey and event registration data.
  Each data component has an introductory text with references to the data collection procedures, the format and specification of the data in the data set, references to the documentation of the quality of the data, and the directory and name of the data file. The data for each data component are given in a format, which is independent of the version of the data transfer format which was used for transferring the data from the MONICA Collaborating Centres to the MONICA Data Centre. Furthermore, the data set includes a number of variables derived from the MONICA core data items, to help the use of standard definitions of some common variables in the data analysis.
• Slide presentations of the MONICA Graphics from the MONICA Monograph and Multimedia Sourcebook with spoken commentaries, taking you through section #89 MONICA Graphics of the MONICA Monograph and Multimedia Sourcebook.

Part 2

• Scanned images of other MONICA documents not available as MONICA publications or on the WWW. These include MONICA Memos, the protocol and early version of Manuals.

¹ Tunstall-Pedoe H, editor. Prepared by Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Tolonen H, Davidson M, Mendis S with 64 other contributors for The WHO MONICA Project. MONICA Monograph and Multimedia Sourcebook. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2003. ISBN 92 4 156223 4 (NLM classification: WG 16)

² 5% sample for MCC 39.