| Description or Result of Calculation |
Input Variables
(From Questionnaire) |
Intermediate Variables
(May not be in
Final Data Set) |
Output Variables (In Final Data Set) |
| Section 1: Health Status |
| Risk Factor (RF) for fair or poor general health |
GENHLTH |
|
_RFHLTH |
| Section 4: Exercise |
| RF for no leisure time physical activity |
EXERANY2 |
|
_TOTINDA |
| Section 7: Tobacco Use |
| Smoking Status: Everyday smoker, someday smoker, former smoker and
nonsmoker |
SMOKE100, SMOKEDAY |
|
_SMOKER2 |
| RF for current smoking status |
SMOKE100, SMOKEDAY |
_SMOKER2 |
_RFSMOK2 |
| Section 8: Alcohol Consumption |
| Drink occasions per day |
ALCDAY3 |
|
DROCCDY_ |
| Drink alcoholic beverages in past 30 days (Y/N) |
ALCDAY3 |
|
DRNKANY3 |
| RF for BINGE drinking (GE 5 drinks on an occasion) |
ALCDAY3, DRNK2GE5 |
|
_RFBING2 |
| Number of Drinks of Alcohol per day |
ALCDAY3, AVEDRNK |
DROCCDY_ |
_DRNKDY2 |
| Number of Drinks of Alcohol per month |
ALCDAY3, AVEDRNK |
DROCCDY_, _DRNKDY2 |
_DRNKMO2 |
| RF for HEAVY drinking (GT 2 drinks per day for men, GT 1 drink per day for women) |
SEX, ALCDAY3, AVEDRNK |
_DRNKDY2 |
_RFDRHV2 |
| RF for HEAVY drinking in men (GT 2 drinks per day) |
SEX, ALCDAY3, AVEDRNK |
_DRNKDY2 |
_RFDRMN2 |
| RF for HEAVY drinking in women (GT 1 drink per day) |
SEX, ALCDAY3, AVEDRNK |
_DRNKDY2 |
_RFDRWM2 |
| Section 9: Asthma |
| RF for lifetime asthma prevalence |
ASTHMA2 |
|
_LTASTHM |
| RF for current asthma prevalence |
ASTHMA2, ASTHNOW |
|
_CASTHMA |
| Computed asthma status |
ASTHMA2, ASTHNOW |
|
_ASTHMST |
| Section 11: Oral Health |
| RF for having had permanent teeth extracted |
RMVTEETH |
|
_EXTEETH |
| RF for having had all permanent teeth extracted |
AGE, RMVTEETH |
|
_ALTEETH |
| RF for having visited a dentist, dental hygienist,
or dental clinic within the past year |
LASTDEN2, DENCLEAN |
|
_DENTVST |
| Section 12: Immunization |
| RF for respondents aged 65 and older that have had
a flu shot within the past year |
FLUSHOT2 |
|
_FLSHOT2 |
| RF for respondent aged 65 and older that have ever
had a pneumonia vaccine |
PNEUVAC2 |
|
_PNEUMOC |
| Section 13: Demographics – Race variables |
| Reported MRACE with trailing 7,8,9’s removed |
MRACE |
|
MRACEORG |
| Reported MRACE with trailing 7,8,9’s removed in ascending order |
MRACE |
MRACEORG |
MRACEASC |
| Preferred Race |
MRACE, ORACE2 |
MRACEORG, MRACEASC |
_PRACE |
| Multiracial Race categorization |
MRACE |
MRACEORG, MRACEASC |
_MRACE |
| Race/Hispanic ethnicity combination code |
MRACE, HISPANC2 |
MRACEORG, MRACEASC, _MRACE |
RACE2 |
| White, non-Hispanic and non-White or Hispanic race/ethnicity groupings. |
MRACE, HISPANC2 |
MRACEORG, MRACEASC, _MRACE, RACE2 |
_RACEG2 |
| Hispanic and non-Hispanic White, Black, and Other
race/ethnicity groupings |
MRACE, HISPANC2 |
MRACEORG, MRACEASC, _MRACE, RACE2 |
_RACEGR2 |
| Hispanic and non-Hispanic White, Black, and Other
race/ethnicity groupings |
MRACE, HISPANC2 |
MRACEORG, MRACEASC, _MRACE, RACE2, _RACEGR2 |
_RACE_G |
| Number of Census Race Categories Chosen |
MRACE |
MRACEORG, MRACEASC |
_CNRACE |
| Number of Census Race Categories Chosen, Collapsed |
MRACE |
MRACEORG, MRACEASC, _CNRACE |
_CNRACEC |
| Section 13: Demographics – Age variables |
| 18-24 and then 5-year age groupings to
80+ |
AGE |
|
_AGEG5YR |
| 18-64 and 65+ age groupings |
AGE |
|
_AGE65YR |
| 18-64 and 65+ 10 year age groupings |
AGE |
_IMPAGE |
_AGEG_G |
| Section 13: Demographics – BMI Variables |
| Height in inches |
HEIGHT2 |
|
HTIN3 |
| Height in meters |
HEIGHT2 |
HTIN3 |
HTM3 |
| Weight in Kilograms |
WEIGHT2 |
|
WTKG2 |
| Calculated Body Mass Index |
SEX, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT2 |
HTIN3, HTM3, WTKG2 |
_BMI4 |
| Tri-level weight variable (normal, overweight, obese) based on Body Mass Index |
SEX, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT2 |
HTIN3, HTM3, WTKG2, _BMI4 |
_BMI4CAT |
| RF for Overweight or Obese Body Mass Index level |
SEX, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT2 |
HTIN3, HTM3, WTKG2, _BMI4 |
_RFBMI4 |
| Section 13:
Demographics—Other Variables |
| Calculated number of children in household |
CHILDREN |
|
_CHLDCNT |
| Calculated education level completed |
EDUCA |
|
_EDUCAG |
| Calculate income categories |
INCOME2 |
|
_INCOMG |
| Section 15: Women's
Health |
| RF for women age 40 and older that
have not had a mammogram in past 2 years |
HADMAMM, HOWLONG, SEX, AGE |
|
_RFMAM2Y |
| RF for women age 18 and older, with
intact cervix, that have not had a pap smear
with the past 3 years |
HADPAP2, LASTPAP2, HADHYST2, PREGNANT, SEX, AGE |
|
_RFPAP32 |
| Section 16: Prostate
Cancer Screening |
| RF for men age 40 and older that have
not had a PSA test within the past 2 years |
PSATEST, PSATIME, SEX, AGE |
|
_RFPSA2Y |
| Section 17: Colorectal
Cancer Screening |
| RF for age 50 and older that have not
had a blood stool test within the past 2 years |
BLDSTOOL, LSTBLDS2, AGE |
|
_RFBLDST |
| RF for age 50 and older that have
never had sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy |
HADSIGM3, AGE |
|
_RFSIGM2 |
| Section 20: HIV/AIDS |
| RF for age 18-64 that have ever been tested for HIV |
HIVTST4, AGE |
|
_AIDTST2 |
| RF for age 18-64 that have ever participated in high-risk behavior |
HIVRISK2, AGE |
|
_HIGHRSK |
| RF for age 18-64 that have ever been counseled within the past 12
months for prevention of STD through condom use |
PCSAIDS2, AGE |
|
_STDCND2 |
| Section 21: Firearms |
| RF for living in home with loaded
firearm |
FIREARM4, GUNLOAD |
|
_RFFRARM |
| RF for living in home with loaded and
unlocked firearm |
FIREARM4, GUNLOAD, LOADULK2 |
|
_RFFRAR2 |
