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Mexico National Health Survey 1987

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Encuesta Nacional de Salud (ENSA I) 1987
Provider 
National Institute of Public Health (Mexico)
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Geography 
Mexico (MEX)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1987 - 12/1987
Series or system 
Mexico National Health Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The Mexico National Health Survey (ENSA) 1987 was conducted to provide health institutions at the federal and state level with information on morbidity, mortality, risk factors, and health service utilization.

A sample of 54,000 households was designed to provide national as well as subnational estimates.

The topics in the questionnaires included: sociodemographic characteristics, health status, injuries, disability, maternal health, and the use and demand for both formal and informal health services. 

Keywords 
Abortion, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Amputation, Analgesics, Antibiotics, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Birth place, Breastfeeding, Burns, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Chronic respiratory diseases, Community health clinics, Condoms, Contraceptives, Dental care, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diet, Disability, Education, Education access, Employment, Epilepsy, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fishing, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Hospitals, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, Immunization, Injectable contraceptives, Intentional injuries, Interpersonal violence, Live births, MMR vaccines, Marital status, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Idiopathic intellectual disability, Mining, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neonatal conditions, Neonatal jaundice, Occupational injuries, Occupations, Personal health expenditures, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Pregnancy, Prescriptions, Preterm birth complications, Refrigeration, Road traffic injuries, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Summary birth history, Surgical procedures, Teachers, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unintentional injuries, Vision loss, Water supply, Abortive outcome
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022