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South Africa National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2012

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
SANHANES-1
Provider 
Human Sciences Research Council
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Geography 
South Africa (ZAF)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
04/2012 - 11/2012
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Exam
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

This survey was the first South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES). The purpose of this survey was to gather data in order to assess the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in all age groups. The specific NCDs focused on were hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. This first cross-sectional SANHANES was also undertaken to develop baseline data and select a 5,000 household cohort for future longitudinal studies.

The data were collected through interviews and medical examinations. The interviews focused on diet, habits, sociodemographics, and health status. Physicians performed exams that included a step test and blood pressure. Clinical staff collected blood samples, height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, bioelectrical impedance data, and respiratory function data. Diagnoses were made based on biomarker testing.

The study collected 25,532 interviews. Of those interviewed, 12,025 received physical exams.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Analgesics, Anemia, Anthropometry, Antibiotics, Antihypertensive drugs, Anxiety, Appetite loss, Asthma, Atrial fibrillation and flutter, Blood glucose, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breathing difficulty, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Cohort study, Conduction disorders and other dysrhythmias, Cough, Dental care, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Diarrhea, Diet, Disability, Disasters, Edema, Employment, Endocrine disorders, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, Fatigue, Fever, Fish, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, Glucose tests, Headache, Health care access, Health care expenditures, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health status, Hearing aids, Hearing loss, Hearing tests, Heart failure, Height, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Hours worked, Hypertension, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Idiopathic intellectual disability, Influenza, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Injuries, Insulin, International migration, Interpersonal violence, Iron, Iron deficiency, Jaundice, Legumes, Leisure activities, Limited mobility, Mass media, Maternal care, Medical tests, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Milk, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nausea, Neurological conditions, Night blindness, Nutritional deficiencies, Nuts, Occupational injuries, Organized violence, Otitis media, Pain, Physical activity, Prevalence, Private health facilities, Processed foods, Processed meats, Prostheses and implants, Public health facilities, Respiratory function tests, Rheumatic heart disease, Road traffic injuries, Secondhand smoke, Seizures, Sense organ diseases, Skin diseases, Sleep disorders, Smokeless tobacco use, Stroke, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Symptoms, Therapies, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unprocessed red meat, Vegetables, Violence, Vision loss, Vitamin A deficiency, Vomiting, Weight, Weight change
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 24, 2023