National Demographic and Health Survey 2003
Philippines, 2003
Reference ID
PHL-NSO-NDHS-2003-v01
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office
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- HOUSEHOLD
- INDIVIDUAL
high blood pressure (lhmb07)
Data File: HOUSEHOLD
Overview
vald
12571
invd
1343
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
range
1 - 3
Questions and instructions
Have you been told on more than one occasion that your blood pressure is high?
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 3673 | 29.2% | |
2 | 8618 | 68.5% | |
3 | 280 | 2.2% | |
9 | 6 | 0% | |
Sysmiss | 1337 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Encircle Code "1" if the respondent says YES and Code "2" if the respondent says NO. Remember that the respondent should have been told more than once that his blood pressure is high in order to have an answer of “YES” in this question.
Encircle Code "3" if blood pressure was never taken.
Encircle Code "3" if blood pressure was never taken.
Description
High blood pressure - means going beyond the normal blood pressure of the person.
High blood pressure has been one of the major causes of mortality. This indicator will be used to measure the frequency of incidence of CVD.
Note that the blood pressure of the person varies. A person has high blood pressure if increase in blood pressure stops him from doing his daily activities/chores.
High blood pressure has been one of the major causes of mortality. This indicator will be used to measure the frequency of incidence of CVD.
Note that the blood pressure of the person varies. A person has high blood pressure if increase in blood pressure stops him from doing his daily activities/chores.
All sample households