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United Kingdom Health Survey for England 1991-1992 - UK Data Service

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General Info
Provider 
UK Data Service
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
United Kingdom (GBR)
England
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
09/1991 - 12/1992
Series or system 
United Kingdom Health Survey for England (HSE)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

The Health Survey for England (HSE) is an annual survey conducted in private households to monitor the nation's health. The primary focus of the 1991 and 1992 surveys is cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors. 

The questionnaire includes modules of questions on general health, alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity, long-standing disability and illness, cardiovascular disease, and socioeconomic characteristics. The survey also provides the following objective measures of health: blood pressure, anthropometric measurements, and blood sample analysis.

The total number of interviews for both survey years is 7,260 adults ages 16 and over; 6,400 adults also received nurse visits. 

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Analgesics, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihypertensive drugs, Birth control pills, Blood disorders, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breathing difficulty, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cardiovascular surgical procedures, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Chronic respiratory diseases, Diabetes, Diet, Digestive diseases, Disability, Drug consumption, Education, Education degrees, Employment, Endocrine disorders, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fruits and vegetables, Health care use, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household heat, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Infectious diseases, Insulin, Iron supplements, Ischemic heart disease, Marital status, Maternal anthropometry, Medicines, Menopause, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Micronutrient supplements, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neurological conditions, Noncommunicable diseases, Pain, Physical activity, Pregnancy, Processed foods, Public social assistance, Rose Angina Questionnaire, Sense organ diseases, Skin diseases, Stroke, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Urinary diseases, Weight, Anemia, FFQ
GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 14, 2023