STS Hospital-level stroke surveillance in Lilongwe, Malawi: providing tools for evaluating interventions in hypertension and stroke in sub-Saharan Africa Lilongwe

Malawi, 2015 - 2017

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Reference ID

DDI-MWI-LL-MEIRU-STS-2015-v01

Producer(s)

Professor Moffat Nyirenda, Professor Mia Crampin, Dr Alison Price, , , ,

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Lilongwe HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Other BP medication 3 (othbp3)

Data file: stsl_stsf_parta

Overview

Valid: 99

Invalid: 70

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 433

End: 433

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

If yes to (remdbp):Are you on regular medication for high blood pressure? (relevant if Q16.5(diabp):Have you ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure by a doctor or other health professional? =yes) ,name of medication ; Other, specify [3]

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	91	91.9%
1	Yes	8	8.1%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0
Sysmiss		70

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.

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