From Alice_Rarig@health.state.ak.us Tue Jul 17 14:18:32 2001 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f6HLIQ040742 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:18:27 -0700 Received: from as-jnu1e.state.ak.us (health.state.ak.us [146.63.177.19]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f6HLIPK09591 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:18:25 -0700 Received: by health.state.ak.us with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:18:21 -0800 Message-ID: <1623C91D4EB2D4118A2900A0C9E92D3E137D01@AS-JNU3E> From: "Rarig, Alice" To: "'waphgis@u.washington.edu'" Subject: RE: zip codes Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:18:20 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Definition of "rural" is a loaded topic -- USDA (Rural Utilities Services grants -- RUS), Census, DHHS and other definitions exist for very different purposes. The "Goldsmith Modification" is one way to get county-level designations -- these are used for Universal Service Fund eligibility of "rural" health clinics for telecom support, and other purposes. What is the applied purpose? Alice J. Rarig, MA MPH PhD Manager, Data and Evaluation Unit Division of Public Health Alaska Department of Health and Social Services PO Box 110618 Juneau, AK 99811-0618 Phone (907) 465-1285 Fax (907) 465-8637 -----Original Message----- From: Orians, Carlyn E [mailto:orians@BATTELLE.ORG] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 12:08 PM To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu' Subject: zip codes Has anyone had recent experience with a relatively simple way to attach a crude urban rural designation to data that are organized around zip codes? Thanks for any information, Carlyn Orians Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation 4500 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 100 Seattle, Washington 98105-3949 (206) 528-3320 orians@battelle.org .