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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

Variablemain93b2
LabelWhat is the matter with you?
Responses
1 Cancer 14
2 Diabetes 29
3 oth endocrine-metabolic 20
4 mental illness 23
5 mental handicap 0
6 Epilepsy-fits 3
7 migraine-headaches 1
8 oth nervous problems 14
9 cataract-poor eye sight 33
10 oth eye complaints 18
11 p hearing-deafness 15
12 Tinnitus 3
13 Meniere s disease 5
14 oth ear complaints 0
15 Stroke 28
16 Heart attack 49
17 Hypertension 34
18 oth heart problems 34
19 Piles-haemorrhoids 2
20 varicose veins 4
21 oth blood vessels 15
22 Bronchitis 20
23 Asthma 28
24 Hayfever 1
25 oth respiratory complaints 20
26 stomach ulcer 35
27 oth digestive complaints 14
28 compl of bowel 22
29 compl of mouth 0
30 Kidney complaints 3
31 urinary tract infection 0
32 oth bladder problems 6
33 reproduct system disorders 18
34 Arthritis 90
35 back problems 16
36 oth problems of bones 66
37 infects&parasitic disease 0
38 diso of blood 10
39 skin complaints 19
40 other complaints 1
41 unclassifiable 7
42 c no longer present 0
97 other 0
99 not answered 0
Sysmiss 1340
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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