Description

SKCONFUSE reports responses to a question about whether "[s]udden confusion or trouble speaking" is a symptom "that someone may be having a stroke." Interviewers read a list of symptoms and asked respondents to answer "yes" or "no" to whether each was a symptom of a stroke. These symptoms included (besides SKCONFUSE):

• Sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm, or leg, especially on one side (SKNUMBFACE)

• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (SKSEEING)

• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance (SKWALKING)

• Sudden severe headache with no known cause (SKHEADACHE)

The Mayo Clinic website mentions all of the symptoms listed above as signs and symptoms of stroke.

Comparability

This variable is comparable over time.

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Availability

• 2001, 2009, 2014, 2017

Weights

• 2001, 2009, 2014, 2017 : SAMPWEIGHT