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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health and Lifestyle Survey, 1984-1985

Variable Details

Variablemautop
LabelWHAT MOTHER DIED OF
Responses
1 LUNG CANCER 83
2 STOMACH CANCER 112
3 LIVER CANCER 59
4 LEUKEMIA 26
5 BREAST CANCER 78
6 CERVICALCANCER 56
7 PROSTATECANCER 0
8 BRAIN CANCER 39
9 RECTUM CANCER 92
10 THROAT CANCER 27
11 BLADDER CANCER 5
12 KIDNEY CANCER 4
13 EYE CANCER 1
14 OTHER CANCER 315
15 HEART FAILURE 727
16 ATHEROS-CLEROSIS 26
17 STROKE 528
18 EMBOLISM 86
19 HYPERTE-NSION 14
20 GANGRENE 15
21 TETANUS 12
22 ANAEMIA 18
23 OTHER CARDIO. 51
24 PNEUMONIA 202
25 TUBERCU-LOSIS 57
26 EMPHYSE-MA 59
27 SILICOS-IS 0
28 OTHER LUNG 62
29 ULCERS 14
30 PERITON-ITIS 17
31 OTHER GASTRO. 57
32 LIVER FAILURE 18
33 KIDNEY FAILURE 44
34 PROSTATE 0
35 OVARIAN 1
36 GENITO. URINARY 11
37 DIABETES 53
38 ENDOCRI-NE 5
39 ARTHRITIS 11
40 OTHER BONES 12
41 DEMENTIA 23
42 PSYCHIA-TRIC 33
43 MULTIPLESCLEROS. 6
44 PARKINS-ONS 7
45 CEREBRALPALSY 1
46 POLIO 1
47 SCARLET FEVER 0
48 WHOOPI- NG COUGH 0
49 MENINGI-TIS 4
50 DIPTHER-IA 1
51 ACCIDENT 55
52 SUICIDE 10
53 VIOLENCE/WAR 13
54 CHILDBIR-TH 39
55 OLD AGE 609
56 NERVOUS SYSTEM 11
57 OTHER INFECTIONS 6
88 DONT KNOW 257
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth and Lifestyle Survey, 1984-1985
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