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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997

Variable Details

VariableICD2
LabelLONGSTANDING ILLNESS CODE - 2
Responses
1 Cancer & benign growths 3
2 Diabetes 3
3 Other endocrine/metabolic disorders 4
4 General mental probs inc neuroses 57
5 Learning difficulties 1
6 Epilepsy/fits etc 12
7 Migraine/headaches 13
8 Other nervous system problems 8
9 Cataract/blindness/poor sight 8
10 Other eye complaints 1
11 Poor hearing/deafness 2
12 Tinnitus/noises in ear 0
13 Menieres disease etc. 1
14 Other ear complaints 1
15 Stroke etc. 0
16 Heart attack/angina 3
17 Hypertension/high BP 11
18 Other heart problems 8
19 Piles/haemorrhoids 1
20 Varicose veins/phlebitis 2
21 Other blood vessels/embolic 2
22 Bronchitis/emphysema 8
23 Asthma 23
24 Hayfever 1
25 Other respiratory complaints 7
26 Stomach ulcers/hernia 12
27 Other digestive complaints 18
28 Complaints of bowel/colon 1
29 Complaints of teeth/mouth 1
30 Kidney complaints 1
31 Urinary tract infection 1
32 Other bladder/incontinence 0
33 Reproductive system disorders 5
34 Arthritis/rheumatism etc. 26
35 Back problems 22
36 Other musculo-skeletal probs 29
37 Infectious/parasitic disease 9
38 Disorders of blood etc. 6
39 Skin complaints 14
40 Other complaints 2
41 Unclassifiable 5
42 Complaint no longer present 0
60 Drug misuse 4
61 Alcoholism 4
62 Eating disorders 1
70 Personality disorder 2
80 Psychosis 15
81 Drug/alcohol-ind psychosis 0
98 None of these 5
-9 2779
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997
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