Description
For respondents who had ever been told that they have emphysema (EMPHYSEMEV), EMPHYSEMAGE reports how old the person was when emphysema was first diagnosed.
Related Variables
EMPHYSEMAGE is one of a series of variables reporting age at first diagnosis of specific chronic conditions. Other variables in the series report age at diagnosis of the following conditions:
- high blood pressure/hypertension (HYPERTENAGE)
- coronary heart disease (CHEARTDIAGE)
- angina (ANGIPECAGE)
- heart attack (HEARTATTAGE)
- other heart disease (HEARTCONAGE)
- high cholesterol (CHOLHIGHAGE)
- arthritis (ARTHGLUPAGE)
- asthma (ASTHMAAGE)
- adhd/add (ADDAGE)
Codes
This is a 2-digit numeric variable.
Universe
- 2008-2021: Persons who were diagnosed with emphysema.
Availability
- 2008-2021
Weights
- 2008-2021 : PERWEIGHT
