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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2012

Variable Details

VariableMedBI01
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Question text Have you taken/used (name of medicine) in the last 7 days?
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 3
10102 11
10200 20
10301 16
10304 1
10305 183
10402 3
10501 13
10502 1
10601 7
10602 3
10604 16
10605 1
10702 1
10901 2
10904 2
20101 6
20201 90
20202 11
20203 3
20204 2
20302 10
20400 102
20500 1
20501 3
20502 2
20504 11
20551 170
20552 62
20553 1
20601 14
20602 137
20603 5
20801 1
20802 34
20900 149
21001 1
21100 2
21200 1
21201 233
21202 10
30100 3
30101 239
30102 7
30103 2
30200 73
30301 5
30302 3
30401 38
30403 1
30600 1
30901 1
30902 1
40101 5
40102 5
40201 8
40202 2
40203 6
40301 53
40302 1
40303 152
40304 22
40400 7
40600 10
40701 98
40702 44
40703 1
40704 24
40801 51
40901 11
40902 2
40903 2
41001 2
41002 6
41100 1
50101 34
50102 3
50103 11
50104 1
50105 5
50106 1
50107 1
50108 7
50110 1
50112 1
50113 3
50200 1
50201 1
50205 4
50301 2
50401 1
60101 24
60102 7
60105 2
60106 1
60121 12
60122 66
60123 4
60201 151
60202 2
60301 2
60302 5
60401 51
60402 13
60501 2
60502 2
60602 35
60701 5
60702 1
70201 2
70202 1
70301 122
70302 75
70305 1
70401 15
70402 13
70405 1
80102 1
80103 1
80105 1
80201 4
80304 17
90101 20
90102 12
90201 1
90501 13
90601 1
90602 7
90603 1
90604 55
90607 8
100101 74
100102 4
100103 13
100104 29
100105 1
100202 4
110301 4
110401 3
110402 4
110500 1
110600 18
110801 8
110802 2
120101 4
120201 19
120202 4
120203 1
120301 1
120302 1
130201 30
130202 1
130400 39
130501 2
130502 5
130503 3
130602 17
130700 1
131001 6
131002 5
131104 1
150200 1
250552 1
999996 41
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 6920
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2012
Interviewer InstructionsNURSE: ENTER NAME OF DRUG NO. (1,2,3..etc.). ASK IF YOU CAN SEE THE CONTAINERS FOR ALL PRESCRIBED MEDICINES CURRENTLY BEING TAKEN.IF ASPIRIN, RECORD DOSAGE AS WELL AS NAME. Text: Maximum 30 characters
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2012.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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