Description
For respondents who had ever been told that they had a heart attack (HEARTATTEV), HEARTATTAGE reports how old the person was when the heart attack was first diagnosed.
Related Variables
HEARTATTAGE 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)
- other heart condition (HEARTCONAGE)
- emphysema (EMPHYSEMAGE)
- high cholesterol (CHOLHIGHAGE)
- arthritis (ARTHGLUPAGE)
- asthma (ASTHMAAGE)
- adhd/add (ADDAGE)
Codes
This is a 2-digit numeric variable.
Universe
- 2008-2022: Persons who were diagnosed with a heart attack.
Availability
- 2008-2022
Weights
- 2008-2022 : PERWEIGHT
