NUHDSS - Verbal Autopsy, Causes of deaths 2002-2015

KENYA, 2002 - 2016
Nairobi Urban Health & Demographic Surveillance System

African Population and Health Research Center

CSV JSON

adult (5+ yrs) had abdominal swelling (va5_had_abdswelling)

Data file: Verbalautopsy_2002-2015

Overview

vald 6218

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Did (NAME) have any hard swelling in the abdomen?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	no	0	0%
1	yes	148	2.4%
2	no	1956	31.5%
6	other	0	0%
7	refused	0	0%
8	don't know	341	5.5%
9	NIU (not in universe)	2568	41.3%
96	other	0	0%
97	refused	0	0%
98	don't know	0	0%
99	NIU (not in universe)	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	1205	19.4%

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.

Question pretext

Question post text

IF ANSWER IS 2 OR 8, SKIP TO Q. 2.20

Interviewer instructions

Description

Text

Whether the deceased had any hard swelling in the abdomen.

Universe

All deceased individuals aged 5 years and above.