Table 2.

Assessing Chronic Disease Surveillance Data Source Quality — Criterion, Definition, and Rating Scale

Core Assessment Criterion	Definition	Rating Scale
		Highly adequate	Adequate	Present But Not Adequate	Not Adequate
		3	2	1	0
Content and scope	Content and scope includes 1) standard chronic disease indicatorsa 2) representative population or reliable health record system or both 3) administration frequency ≤5 years	Meets all criteria	Meets 2 criteria	Meets 1 criterion	Frequency >6 years
Jurisdiction capacity	Capacity for 1) survey administration: sample design and field work; data processing; and analysis and/or health recording by using ICD-10 coding; data processing and analysis 2) disaggregated analysis by age, sex, locale 3) disaggregated analysis by socioeconomic position: education and income (as appropriate) 4) follows standards for consent, confidentiality, and data access protection	Capacity for all criteria	Capacity for 3 criteria	Capacity for 1-2 criteria	No evidence
Dissemination	Availability of 1) summary reports within 1-4 years after completion of survey or health record data collection 2) metadatab publicly available 3) microdatac available	Availability of all criteria	Availability of 2 criteria	Availability of 1 criterion	No evidence
Integration	Jurisdiction chronic disease team: 1) uses available data reports to support an integrated multiyear chronic disease prevention plan 2) works across chronic disease programs to coordinate and strengthen surveillance efforts 3) uses surveillance data for program planning and evaluation	Meets all criteria	Meets 2 criteria	Meets 1 criterion	No evidence

Source: World Health Organization (12).

Abbreviation: ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision.

^a Chronic disease indicators are divided into 8 categories, representing chronic disease conditions, risk factors, and social context: cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis, tobacco and alcohol use, physical activity and nutrition, other diseases and risk factors, and overarching conditions (eg, socioeconomic, life expectancy, and health insurance). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004 (11).

^b Metadata is defined as structured information that describes, locates, and helps retrieve data resource (includes design, sampling methodology, and questionnaires).

^c Microdata is defined as survey data set (results).