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

Collections

Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Diagnosed asthma (asthma)

Data file: ncd_combined_data_all

Overview

Valid: 30575

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 168

End: 168

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 1

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you ever been diagnosed with asthma, asthmatic bronchitis or allergic bronchitis by a doctor or other health professional?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	29088	95.1%
1	Yes	1487	4.9%

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 Q10.31

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

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

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