Codes and Frequencies
Description
DIABETICAGE reports age at first diagnosis by a doctor of "diabetes or sugar diabetes," for sample adults who were ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had diabetes (other than during pregnancy alone) (DIABETICEV). Persons who reported their diagnosis as "borderline" diabetes were not asked this follow-up question. The Field Representative's Manual for 1997-2000 directed interviewers to probe for a specific age but to "record a best estimate if that is what the sample adult gives you."
The 2006 Codebook for the NHIS public use data files contains the following warning about inaccuracies in this variable:
Other diabetes-related questions were periodically included in the survey; see DIABETICEV for a summary of these variables currently in the IPUMS NHIS.
Universe
- 1976: Persons who were diabetic or had a prediabetic condition.
- 1989: Persons age 18+ who have ever been told by a doctor they had diabetes.
- 1991: Sample persons age 18+ who were ever told by a doctor that they had diabetes (other than during pregnancy).
- 1997-2018: Sample adults age 18+ who were ever told by a doctor that they had diabetes (other than during pregnancy).
Availability
- 1976, 1989, 1991, 1997-2018
Weights
- 1976, 1989 : PERWEIGHT
- 1991, 1997-2018 : SAMPWEIGHT