NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider WHO NCD Microdata RepositoryMicrodata access: Request Geography Libya (LBY) Coverage type Country Time period covered 02/2009 - 11/2009 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: HouseholdInterview 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. This national survey includes smoking, diet, physical activity, medical history, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements. Only reports are currently available online. No microdata have been released publicly. Keywords Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Diet, Education, FFQ, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Glucose tests, Health behaviors, Health care services, Health status, Height, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension, Lifestyle risk factors, Marital status, Obesity, Physical activity, Risk factors, Smokeless tobacco use, Tobacco smoking, Vegetables, Weight, Secondhand smoke Citation Contributors World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat of Health and Environment (Libya) Suggested citation Secretariat of Health and Environment (Libya), World Health Organization (WHO). Libya STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2009. GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 15, 2024