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South Africa WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health 2007-2008

General Info

Original or alternative title 
South Africa - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health-2007/8, Wave 1
Provider 
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2007 - November, 2008
Data type
Survey: Household - Individual - Interview - Longitudinal - Nationally representative - Urban-rural representative - Verbal autopsy
Summary 

The WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health is a longitudinal survey that focuses on the health of primarily adults aged 50 years and older in six countries: China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa. The survey collected information on individual and household demographics, health status, chronic health conditions, risk factors, disabilities, and quality of life.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Animal injuries, Anthropometry, Anxiety, Asthma, Back and neck pain, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Burns, COPD, Cataracts, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, Diabetes, Disability, Drownings, Edentulism, Eye examinations, Falls, Fruits and vegetables, GPAQ, Headache, Health care use, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Height, Homicide, Hospitals, Household deaths, Hypertension, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Ischemic heart disease, Limited mobility, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Mortality, Occupational injuries, Oral conditions, Pain, Paralysis, Physical activity, Poisonings, Pulse, Respiratory function tests, Road traffic injuries, Rose Angina Questionnaire, Sanitation, Screening mammography, Self-inflicted injuries, Sleep, Stroke, Suicide, Tobacco smoking, Unintentional injuries, Verbal autopsy, Vision loss, Water supply, Weight, Interpersonal violence, Smokeless tobacco use, Back pain, FFQ, Occupation codes

Citation

Contributors 
World Health Organization (WHO)
Human Sciences Research Council
Department of Health (South Africa)
Funders 
National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Department of Health (South Africa)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Human Sciences Research Council
Publisher 
World Health Organization (WHO)
Suggested citation 
Department of Health (South Africa), Human Sciences Research Council, World Health Organization (WHO). South Africa WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health 2007-2008. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO).

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