NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), NHSTabulations only Geography United Kingdom (GBR) England Coverage type Subnational Time period covered 01/2011 - 03/2012 Series or system United Kingdom Health Survey for England (HSE) Data type Survey: HouseholdIndividualInterview Summary The Health Survey for England (HSE) 2011 was the twenty-first in the series of annual surveys conducted in private households since 1994. The primary focus of the 2011 survey was cardiovascular disease and two associated conditions, hypertension and diabetes. Objective measures of health were obtained using the following: blood pressure, anthropometric measurements, and analysis of saliva and blood samples. The general questionnaire included modules on general health, alcohol consumption, smoking, fruit and vegetable consumption, cardiovascular disease, chronic pain, and dental health. The HSE 2011 included a new module for older adults about provision of informal care and questions for all adults about social care. A total of 8,610 adults and 2,007 children were successfully interviewed, and nurse visits were conducted among 5,715 adults and 1,257 children. Keywords Alcohol use, Anthropometry, Antihypertensive drugs, Asthma, Back pain, Birth weight, Blood disorders, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Cerebrovascular diseases, Child anthropometry, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Chronic kidney diseases, Chronic respiratory diseases, Conduction disorders and other dysrhythmias, Diabetes, Diet, Digestive diseases, Disability, Drug consumption, EQ-5D, Education, Education degrees, Employment, Employment benefits, Secondhand smoke, Ethnicity, Eye examinations, Family composition, Family size, Folic acid supplements, Fruits and vegetables, Government health expenditures, Health care use, Health education, Health literacy, Health status, Hearing loss, Height, Home care, Housing conditions, Hypertension, Income, Infectious diseases, Insulin, Iron deficiency, Ischemic heart disease, Marital status, Medical tests, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Musculoskeletal diseases, Neck pain, Neurological conditions, Noncommunicable diseases, Obesity, Occupations, Oral conditions, Pain, Pain management, Personal health expenditures, Physical examinations, Pregnancy, Prescriptions, Preventive interventions, Public social assistance, Religion, Sense organ diseases, Stroke, Thoracic surgery, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Urinary diseases, Urinary tract infections, Weight, Aged adults, Alcohol use disorders, Assets, Emergency care, Fatigue, Fruits, Health behaviors, Health care access, Health facilities, Health promotion, Hospitals, Incontinence, Influenza vaccines, Legumes, Limited mobility, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Outpatient facilities, Personal caregivers, Physical activity, Preterm birth, Private social assistance, School enrollment, Symptoms, Varicella, Vegetables, Vision loss Citation Contributors National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Funders Information Centre for Health and Social Care, NHS Suggested citation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen). United Kingdom Health Survey for England 2011-2012 - HSCIC. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021