Availability of data for monitoring noncommunicable disease risk factors in India
Magdalena Z Raban, Rakhi Dandona & Lalit Dandona
Volume 90, Number 1, January 2012, 20-29
Table 2. National and multiple state surveys in India that completely or incompletely measured core behavioural and biological noncommunicable disease risk factor indicators recommended by the World Health Organization
| Risk factor measurement | Number of surveys by representativeness |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National, representative of states or regions |
National, nationally representative only |
Multiple-state, representative |
Multiple-state, non-representative |
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| 2000–2004 | 2005–2009 | 2000–2004 | 2005–2009 | 2000–2004 | 2005–2009 | 2000–2004 | 2005–2009 | ||||
| Complete measurement | |||||||||||
| Behavioural risk factors | |||||||||||
| Tobacco use | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1a | – | |||
| Alcohol use | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | |||
| Diet | – | – | – | – | 1a | 2a | 1a | – | |||
| Physical inactivity | – | – | – | – | 1a | 2a | 1a | – | |||
| Biological risk factors | |||||||||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 1b | 1a | – | – | 1a,c | 3c,d | 4a,e | – | |||
| Blood pressure | – | – | – | – | – | 3a,c,e | 3a | - | |||
| Fasting blood glucose | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4e | 1a | |||
| Cholesterol | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1a | |||
| Incomplete measurementf | |||||||||||
| Behavioural risk factors | |||||||||||
| Tobacco use | – | 1a | 1 | – | 2a | 4a,c | 2d | 1a | |||
| Alcohol use | – | 1a | 2 | – | 1a | 4c,d | 2a | – | |||
| Diet | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Physical inactivity | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
a One survey is periodic.
b For females only.
c One survey in rural areas only.
d Two surveys are periodic.
e One survey in urban areas only.
f Incomplete measurement assessed only for behavioural risk factors, as biological risk factors are measured completely or not measured at all.