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World Health Survey Plus Bangladesh 2023
Wave 1

Bangladesh, 2023
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DDI-BGD-WHO-WHSPLUS-2024-V01
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Iqbal Masud
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World Health Survey Plus (WHS+)
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q5046a: main reason needed care? (q5046a)

Data file: WHS+BGDINDData

Overview

Valid: 197
Invalid: 6122
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 68
Range: 1 - 87
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 communicable disease (infections, malaria, tuberculosis, aids, etc.) 19
9.6%
2 maternal and perinatal conditions (pregnancy) 19
9.6%
3 nutritional deficiencies 5
2.5%
4 acute conditions (diarrhea, fever, flu, headaches, cough, etc.) 22
11.2%
5 injury (not occupation related) 5
2.5%
6 surgery 3
1.5%
7 sleep problems 3
1.5%
8 occupation/work related condition or injury 4
2%
9 chronic pain in the joints/ arthritis (joints, back, neck) 31
15.7%
10 diabetes or diabetes related complications 10
5.1%
11 problems with heart including unexplained chest pain 9
4.6%
12 problems with your mouth, teeth, or swallowing 3
1.5%
13 problems with your breathing 6
3%
14 high blood pressure/ hypertension 4
2%
15 stroke/ sudden paralysis of one side of the body 8
4.1%
16 generalized pain (stomach, muscle, or non specific pain) 32
16.2%
17 depression or anxiety 1
0.5%
18 Cancer 0
0%
87 other 13
6.6%
Sysmiss 6122
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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