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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

VariableICD
LabelLONGSTANDING ILLNESS CODE - 1
Responses
1 Cancer & benign growths 21
2 Diabetes 19
3 Other endocrine/metabolic disorders 18
4 General mental probs inc neuroses 151
5 Learning difficulties 5
6 Epilepsy/fits etc 33
7 Migraine/headaches 40
8 Other nervous system problems 20
9 Cataract/blindness/poor sight 26
10 Other eye complaints 9
11 Poor hearing/deafness 22
12 Tinnitus/noises in ear 3
13 Menieres disease etc. 3
14 Other ear complaints 11
15 Stroke etc. 4
16 Heart attack/angina 8
17 Hypertension/high BP 10
18 Other heart problems 24
19 Piles/haemorrhoids 3
20 Varicose veins/phlebitis 3
21 Other blood vessels/embolic 12
22 Bronchitis/emphysema 20
23 Asthma 228
24 Hayfever 15
25 Other respiratory complaints 27
26 Stomach ulcers/hernia 36
27 Other digestive complaints 23
28 Complaints of bowel/colon 12
29 Complaints of teeth/mouth 6
30 Kidney complaints 14
31 Urinary tract infection 1
32 Other bladder/incontinence 1
33 Reproductive system disorders 20
34 Arthritis/rheumatism etc. 51
35 Back problems 92
36 Other musculo-skeletal probs 120
37 Infectious/parasitic disease 45
38 Disorders of blood etc. 8
39 Skin complaints 43
40 Other complaints 2
41 Unclassifiable 11
42 Complaint no longer present 0
60 Drug misuse 32
61 Alcoholism 9
62 Eating disorders 4
70 Personality disorder 12
80 Psychosis 40
81 Drug/alcohol-ind psychosis 3
98 None of these 8
-9 1814
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Prisoners in England and Wales, 1997
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