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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

National Diet and Nutrition Survey : People Aged 65 Years and Over, 1994-1995

Variable Details

Variablemain93b1
LabelWhat is the matter with you?
Responses
1 Cancer 34
2 Diabetes 99
3 oth endocrine-metabolic 15
4 mental illness 59
5 mental handicap 0
6 Epilepsy-fits 12
7 migraine-headaches 3
8 oth nervous problems 77
9 cataract-poor eye sight 64
10 oth eye complaints 19
11 p hearing-deafness 24
12 Tinnitus 3
13 Meniere s disease 8
14 oth ear complaints 1
15 Stroke 58
16 Heart attack 126
17 Hypertension 77
18 oth heart problems 57
19 Piles-haemorrhoids 0
20 varicose veins 10
21 oth blood vessels 24
22 Bronchitis 41
23 Asthma 51
24 Hayfever 0
25 oth respiratory complaints 18
26 stomach ulcer 41
27 oth digestive complaints 22
28 compl of bowel 27
29 compl of mouth 1
30 Kidney complaints 3
31 urinary tract infection 0
32 oth bladder problems 11
33 reproduct system disorders 10
34 Arthritis 278
35 back problems 36
36 oth problems of bones 67
37 infects&parasitic disease 3
38 diso of blood 12
39 skin complaints 15
40 other complaints 1
41 unclassifiable 7
42 c no longer present 0
97 other 3
99 not answered 0
Sysmiss 643
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Diet and Nutrition Survey : People Aged 65 Years and Over, 1994-1995
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