NCD Combined analytical dataset

Malawi, 2013 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI-MEIRU-NCD-2013-v1.0

Producer(s)

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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Diagnosed high bloood persure (diabp)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 136

End: 136

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure by a doctor or other health professional?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	27821	91%
1	Yes	2754	9%
8	Unknown	0	0%

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.

Question post text

If No go to Q10.9

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

variable: diabp (table[s]: ncdk_persexam & ncdl_persexam)

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