NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Geography Kazakhstan (KAZ) Aktobe Coverage type Subnational Time period covered 05/2016 - 06/2016 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalExamHouseholdIndividualInterviewUrban-rural representative Summary The STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey uses a survey methodology developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to help countries establish noncommunicable disease surveillance systems. Some surveys are conducted at the country level and others at the subnational level. The methodology prescribes three steps: questionnaire, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements. Core topics covered by most surveys are demographics, health status, and health behaviors. These provide data on socioeconomic risk factors and metabolic, nutritional, and lifestyle risk factors. Details may differ from country to country and from year to year. Keywords Anthropometry, Antihypertensive drugs, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Body mass index, Cholesterol tests, Diabetes, Education, Glucose tests, Height, Hypertension, Income, Marital status, Secondhand smoke, Tobacco smoking, Weight Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Suggested citation World Health Organization (WHO). Kazakhstan - Aktobe Oblast STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2016. GHDx Entry last modified on: May 12, 2023