Description

SKHEADACHE reports responses to a question about whether "[s]udden severe headache with no known cause" 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 SKHEADACHE):

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

• Sudden confusion or trouble speaking (SKCONFUSE)

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

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

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