NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider World Health Organization (WHO)Tabulations only Geography Myanmar (MMR) Coverage type Country Time period covered 05/2009 - 07/2009 Series or system STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey Data type Survey: HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeUrban-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. 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 in Myanmar collected information on tobacco and alcohol use, diet, physical activity, physical measurements, and blood pressure. Only reports are currently available. No data have been released. Keywords Alcohol use, Blood pressure, Body mass index, Diabetes, Secondhand smoke, Hypertension, Physical activity, Tobacco smoking, Smokeless tobacco use Citation Contributors World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) Ministry of Health (Myanmar) Suggested citation Ministry of Health (Myanmar), World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO). Myanmar STEPS Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors Survey 2009. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021