Reference interval generation

Abstract

Described herein are systems and methods for generating health or risk parameter reference intervals for use in healthcare or any other application of risk/attribute measurement. The reference intervals generated by the systems and methods described herein are based on direct analysis and evidence-based models of human and/or other living organism data from a population of individuals including shared feature(s) and outcome data such as vital status. The direct analysis and evidence-based models of human and/or other living organisms data utilize shared common risk parameter feature(s) and outcome data and identify relationships of two or more health or risk parameters relative to one another. These methods also apply to the measurement of risk and/or other attributes of any living organism or nonliving objects.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method for facilitating analysis of a population, comprising:
 (a) receiving a first plurality parameter values, a second plurality of parameter values, a population percentage, wherein the first plurality of parameter values, the second plurality of values, or both are measured in the population; and   (b) mapping, graphically in three dimensions, the first and the second parameter values with the population percentage thereby generating a population percentage map for facilitating analysis of the population.   
     
     
         2 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the first or the second parameter values are non-health care related parameter values. 
     
     
         3 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the first or the second parameter values are health care related parameter values. 
     
     
         4 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of parameter values is measured or sensed and the second plurality of parameter values is demographic data. 
     
     
         5 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the population is of non-living or living objects. 
     
     
         6 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , comprising segregating the first plurality of parameter values into a first plurality of value groups and segregating the second plurality of parameter values into a second plurality of value groups. 
     
     
         7 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising displaying the population percentage map on a digital display. 
     
     
         8 . The computer implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising sending instructions to an output device to generate a physical representation of the population percentage map. 
     
     
         9 . The computer implemented method of  claim 8 , wherein the physical representation of the population percentage map is a paper printout, a poster, or a 3D model. 
     
     
         10 . A computer-implemented system for facilitating analysis of a population, the system comprising:
 (a) a digital processing device comprising a processor, a memory, and an operating system configured to perform executable instructions; and   (b) a computer program including instructions executable by the digital processing device to generate the one or more reference intervals, the computer program comprising:
 (i) a software module receiving a first plurality parameter values, a second plurality of parameter values, a population percentage, wherein the first plurality of parameter values, the second plurality of values, or both are measured in the population; and 
 (ii) a software module mapping, graphically in three dimensions, the first and the second parameter values with the population percentage thereby generating a population percentage map for facilitating analysis of the population. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the first or the second parameter values are non-health care related parameter values. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the first or the second parameter values are health care related parameter values. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the first plurality of parameter values is measured or sensed and the second plurality of parameter values is demographic data. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the population is of non-living or living objects. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 10 , comprising segregating the first plurality of parameter values into a first plurality of value groups and segregating the second plurality of parameter values into a second plurality of value groups. 
     
     
         16 . Non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a processor to facilitate analysis of a population, the computer program comprising:
 (a) a software module receiving a first plurality parameter values, a second plurality of parameter values, a population percentage, wherein the first plurality of parameter values, the second plurality of values, or both are measured in the population; and   (b) a software module mapping, graphically in three dimensions, the first and the second parameter values with the population percentage thereby generating a population percentage map for facilitating analysis of the population.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the first or the second parameter values are non-health care related parameter values. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the first or the second parameter values are health care related parameter values. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the first plurality of parameter values is measured or sensed and the second plurality of parameter values is demographic data. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 16 , comprising segregating the first plurality of parameter values into a first plurality of value groups and segregating the second plurality of parameter values into a second plurality of value groups.