National Sample Survey 1986-1987 (42nd Round) - Schedule 27 - Survey on Persons Aged 60 Years and Above
India, 1986 - 1987
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Type of ailment (Code) (B72_q7)
Data file: NSS42_Sch27_bk_7-2
Overview
Valid:
1754
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Mean:
39.729
Standard deviation:
27.16
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Width:
10
Range:
-
Format:
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Literal question
Type of ailment (Code)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | chicken pox |
| 2 | cholera |
| 3 | dengu, influenza |
| 4 | diphtheria |
| 5 | encephalitis |
| 6 | filariasis |
| 7 | leprosy |
| 8 | malaria |
| 9 | measles & german measles |
| 10 | mumps |
| 11 | poliomyelitis |
| 12 | rheumatic fever |
| 13 | tetanus |
| 14 | typhoid & para-typhoid fever |
| 15 | whooping cough |
| 16 | tuberculosis |
| 17 | sexually transmitted disease |
| 18 | asthma, bronchitis |
| 19 | pleurisy |
| 20 | pneumonia |
| 21 | epilepsy |
| 22 | other mental disease |
| 23 | cancer |
| 24 | diarrhoea & gastroenteritis |
| 25 | dysentery |
| 26 | food poisoning |
| 27 | gastritis/gastric/peptic/duodenal ulcer |
| 28 | jaundice, disease of liver |
| 29 | disease of kidney |
| 30 | arthritis, gout, rheumatism |
| 31 | diabetes |
| 32 | goitre, disease of thyroid gland |
| 33 | cerebral haemorrhage, thrombosis |
| 34 | high blood pressure |
| 35 | low blood pressure |
| 36 | heart disease & coronary thrombosis |
| 37 | nervous & general debility |
| 38 | anaemia |
| 39 | beri beri |
| 40 | epidemic dropsy |
| 41 | ricket |
| 42 | scurvy |
| 43 | other malnutritional disease |
| 44 | disease of mouth, teeth & gum |
| 45 | disease of eye |
| 46 | disease of ear, nose & throat |
| 47 | disease/ailment relating to pregnancy & child birth (excluding delivery) |
| 48 | skin disease |
| 49 | piles |
| 50 | injury due to accident & violence |
| 90 | other diagnosed ailment |
| 99 | ailment not diagnosed or not known |
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.