NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider WHO NCD Microdata RepositoryMicrodata access: Request Geography Lao People's Democratic Republic (LAO) Coverage type Subnational Time period covered 01/2013 - 12/2013 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: Household Summary The STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey uses a survey methodology developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries establish noncommunicable disease surveillance systems. Some surveys are conducted at the country level and others at the subnational level. The methodology prescribes three steps—questionnaire, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements. Core topics covered by most surveys are demographics, health status, and health behaviors. These provide data on socioeconomic risk factors and metabolic, nutritional, and lifestyle risk factors. Details may differ from country to country and from year to year. Keywords Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Asthma, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Body mass index, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Child mortality, Cholesterol, Chronic respiratory diseases, Community health clinics, Cooking fuels, Diabetes, Diet, Education, Employment, FFQ, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, GPAQ, Glucose tests, Health behaviors, Health care personnel, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Leisure activities, Lifestyle risk factors, Microalbuminuria screening, Mortality, Obesity, Physical activity, Population, Risk factors, Secondhand smoke, Socioeconomic risk factors, Tobacco smoking, Vegetables, Weight Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Publisher WHO NCD Microdata Repository Publication year 2019 Suggested citation World Health Organization (WHO). Laos STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2013. WHO NCD Microdata Repository, 2019. GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 18, 2024