TB cases (1974-2018) and controls (1998-2018) analytical dataset (Karonga)

Malawi

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MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-v01

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Mia Crampin, Estelle McLean

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Karonga -District-wide Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS

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Whether firsthpdate is estimated (D) (firstdatex)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 5577

Invalid: 7334

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 204

End: 204

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Whether firsthpdate is estimated

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Full date known	2190	39.3%
2	Day unknown	3293	59%
3	Month unknown	0	0%
4	Day and month unknown	94	1.7%
8	Not known at all	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		7334

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: delaywks [number of weeks delay seeking healthcare] (table[s]: tb_tbx, tb_tbxto2007)
variable: firstdatex [first date seeing health care is estimate] (table[s]: tb_tbx, tb_tbxto2007, tbold_part1/2)

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