Contents
Volume 1: Findings
Foreword
Editors' acknowledgements
Notes
1 Introduction
1.1 The Health Survey
for England
1.2 The 1999 Health
Survey for England
1.3 Ethical clearance
1.4 This report
1.5 The survey design
1.6 Data analysis
1.7 The content
of this report
2 Self-reported health and psychosocial
well-being Lisa Calderwood and Clare Tait
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Self-reported
longstanding illness
2.3 Self-reported
acute sickness
2.4 Self-assessed
general health
2.5 The General
Health Questionnaire (GHQ12)
2.6 Perceived social
support
Tables
3 Cardiovascular disease: prevalence
and risk factors Paola Primatesta and Marion Brookes
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methods and
definitions
3.3 Prevalence and
severity of CVD conditions, by minority ethnic group
3.4 CVD by socio-economic
variables
3.5 ECG measurement
3.6 CVD risk factors
Tables
4 Use of tobacco products
Richard Boreham
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Cigarette smoking
4.3 Number of cigarettes
smoked
4.4 Use of chewing
tobacco
4.5 Prevalence and
cotinine-adjusted prevalence of use of tobacco products
Tables
5 Alcohol consumption Bob
Erens and Johanna Laiho
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Measuring weekly
consumption
5.3 Usual weekly
consumption
5.4 Usual frequency
of drinking
5.5 Drinking in
the past week
Tables
6 Anthropometry Paola
Primatesta and Vasant Hirani
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Methods and
definitions of measurement
6.3 Anthropometric
measures
6.4 Obesity, by
socio-economic variables
Tables
7 Blood pressure Saffron
Karlsen, Paola Primatesta and Anne McMunn
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Methods and
definitions
7.3 Blood pressure
measurements
7.4 High blood pressure
7.5 Socio-economic
differences in blood pressure
Tables
8 Physical activity Rebecca
Teers
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Types of activity
engaged in at moderate or vigorous level
8.3 Participation
in physical activity: days per week
8.4 Maximum intensity
level attained
Tables
9 Eating habits Vasant
Hirani and Paola Primatesta
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Methods
9.3 Consumption
of selected foods
9.4 Salt intake
9.5 Fat and fibre
intake
9.6 Socio-economic
variations in fat and fibre intake
Tables
10 Blood analytes Emanuela
Falaschetti and Paola Primatesta
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Total cholesterol
and HDL-cholesterol
10.3 C-reactive protein
10.4 Fibrinogen
10.5 Haemoglobin
10.6 Ferritin
10.7 Glycated haemoglobin
10.8 Fasting blood sample
Tables
11 Use of health services and
prescribed medicines Madhavi Bajekal
11.1 Introduction
11.2 GP consultations
11.3 Pattern of use of
dental service
11.4 Hospital attendance
rates
11.5 Prescribed medication
11.6 Contraceptive pill
use
11.7 Hormone replacement
therapy (HRT) use
Tables
12 Non-fatal accidents
Sally McManus and Susan Purdon
12.1 Introduction and
methods
12.2 Accident rates by
minority ethnic group
12.3 Major and minor
accidents, by age
12.4 Major and minor
accidents, by social class of head of household
12.5 Major and minor
accidents, by equivalised household income
Tables
13 Children's health James
Nazroo, Harriet Becher, Yvonne Kelly and Anne McMunn
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Self-reported health
13.3 Psychological health
13.4 Respiratory symptoms
and lung function
13.5 Tobacco use
13.6 Alcohol use
13.7 Anthropometric measures
13.8 Blood pressure
13.9 Physical activity
13.10 Non-fatal accidents
13.11 Use of health
services and prescribed medication
Tables
Volume 2: Methodology and documentation
14 Survey methodology and response
Bob Erens, Gillian Prior, Christos Korovessis,
Lisa Calderwood, Marion Brookes and Paola Primatesta
14.1 Overview of the
survey design
14.2 Sample design
14.3 Topic coverage
14.4 Ethical clearance
14.5 Fieldwork procedures
14.6 Survey response
14.7 Sample profile of
those interviewed
14.8 Weighting
14.9 Age standardisation
14.10 Estimating errors
in complex sample designs: design factors
14.11 Quality control
of blood and saliva analytes
Tables
Appendices
A Fieldwork documents
B Measurement protocols
C Coding frame for
medicines
D Glossary
Summary of Key Findings
Contents
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