Why collect industry and occupation information?
• To associate specific health outcomes (e.g., a particular cancer or cause of death) with certain industries and/or occupations • To identify areas in need of further research • To assess socioeconomic status and identify persons who may be at high-risk of disease or injury. This type of information can be used by public health workers, industrial organizations, employers, and others to provide the best possible hazard abatement and control, and safety and health programs for workers. What is the advantage of an automated coding system? Manually assigning industry and occupation (I&O) codes can often be expensive, time consuming, and not highly consistent. An automated system like SOIC can decrease the number of cases a coder must review and create consistency in a records system. What types of data are accepted by SOIC? SOIC offers flexible data access features. A user can: • Enter data directly into SOIC • Operate directly on external data tables in dBase, FoxPro, and Access • Impor
