NCD Combined analytical dataset

Malawi, 2013 - 2016

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MWI-MEIRU-NCD-2013-v1.0

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Prof Moffat Nyirenda, Prof Shabbar Jaffar

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Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Estimate of amount of salt taken per day (grouped) (D) (saltgrp)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 29118

Invalid: 1457

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 84

End: 85

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 10

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	<1g	851	2.9%
2	1-3g	2548	8.8%
3	3-6g	11052	38%
4	6-9g	7032	24.2%
5	9-12g	3588	12.3%
6	12-15g	1839	6.3%
7	15-20g	1138	3.9%
8	20-25g	526	1.8%
9	25-50g	489	1.7%
10	50g+	55	0.2%
Sysmiss		1457

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: saltperday [salt per day estimate] (table[s]: derived variable)
recode saltperday (0/0.9=1 "<1g") (1/2.9=2 "1-3g") (3/5.9=3 "3-6g") (6/8.9=4 "6-9g") (9/11.9=5 "9-12g") (12/14.9=6 "12-15g") (15/19.9=7 "15-20g") (20/24.9=8 "20-25g") (25/49.5=9 "25-50g") (50/max=10 "50g+"), gen(saltgrp)

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