From orians@BATTELLE.ORG Fri Jul 20 08:32:13 2001 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f6KFWB025486 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:32:11 -0700 Received: from bclcl1.im.battelle.org (bclcl1.im.battelle.org [131.167.1.2]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f6KFWBF19013 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:32:11 -0700 Received: from ns-bco-scn1.im.battelle.org ([131.167.1.122]) by BCLCL1 (PMDF V5.1-10 #U2779) with SMTP id <01K65HYPTW0E8YLKBE@BCLCL1> for waphgis@u.washington.edu; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:31:22 EDT Received: from 204.200.142.11 by ns-bco-scn1.im.battelle.org (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:31:13 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Received: by ns-sea-mse2.battelle.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <2X19PF89>; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:31:11 -0700 Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:31:10 -0700 From: "Orians, Carlyn E" Subject: RE: zip codes To: "'waphgis@u.washington.edu'" Message-id: <4700A586B5799F47861037F10FD081646B410A@ns-sea-mse2.battelle.org> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-type: text/plain Thank you. > -----Original Message----- > From: Schueler, Vince [SMTP:Vince.Schueler@DOH.WA.GOV] > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:24 PM > To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu' > Subject: RE: zip codes > > The best (actually only) system for doing rural urban classification at > the > zip code level (other than converting county-based systems to zip > geography > is a the Rural Urban Commuting Area system which was developed for census > tracts and interpolated for zip codes. > > We are just about to publish a guideline for using rural urban > classification systems for public health assessment on the DOH website. > This includes a description of several methods and also has reference to > the > ZIP Code version of RUCAs which is available on the internet. > > I've attached a final draft (which doesn't include figures) which will be > posted short which should include the references. > > > > "Working to Protect and Improve the health of the People in Washington > State" > > Vince Schueler > Health Care Access Analyst > Office of Community and Rural Health > Department of Health > 2725 NW Harrison Ave. Suite 500 > PO BOX 47834 > Olympia, Washington 98504-7834 > > (360) 705-6767 (Phone) > (360) 664-9273 (fax) > vince.schueler@doh.wa.gov > www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/ocrh > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Orians, Carlyn E [mailto:orians@BATTELLE.ORG] > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 1:08 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 > << File: Guidelines For Using Rural_FINAL3.doc >> .