Summary Matrix of Calculated Variables (CV) in the 2022 Data File

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Summary of Matrix 2022
Description or Result
of Calculation		 Input Variables
(From Questionnaire)		 Intermediate and
Output Variables
used in calculations		 Output Variables
(In Final Data Set)
Section 1: Health Status
CV for fair or poor general health GENHLTH _RFHLTH
Section 2: Healthy Days
CV for days of not good physical health PHYSHLTH _PHYS14D
CV for days of not good mental health MENTHLTH _MENT14D
Section 3: Health Care Access
CV for respondents that have any form of health insurance PRIMINSR _HLTHPLN
CV for respondents aged 18-64 years that have any form of health insurance PRIMINSR, AGE _HCVU652
Section 4: Exercise
CV for no leisure time physical activity EXERANY2 _TOTINDA
Section 6: Oral Health
CV for having had permanent teeth extracted RMVTETH4 _EXTETH3
CV for having had all permanent teeth extracted AGE, RMVTETH4 _ALTETH3
CV for having visited a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental clinic within the past year LASTDEN4 _DENVST3
Section 7: Chronic Health Conditions
CV for respondents that reported having coronary heart disease or mycardial infarction CVDINFR4, CVDCRHD4 _MICHD
CV for lifetime asthma prevalence ASTHMA3 _LTASTH1
CV for current asthma prevalence ASTHMA3, ASTHNOW _CASTHM1
Computed asthma status ASTHMA3, ASTHNOW _ASTHMS1
CV for respondents that have had a doctor diagnose them as having some form of arthritis HAVARTH4 _DRDXAR2
Section 8: Demographics
CV for Hispanic, Latino or Spanish categorization HISPANC3 _HISPANC
Computed race groups used for internet prevalence tables _RACE1, _IMPRACE _RACEPR1
Calculated sex variable BIRTHSEX, SEXVAR _SEX
18-24 and then 5-year age groupings to 80+. AGE _AGEG5YR
18-64 and 65+ age groupings. AGE _AGE65YR
CV for imputed age collapsed above 80 AGE _IMPAGE _AGE80
18-64 and 65+ 10 year age groupings. AGE _IMPAGE _AGE_G
CV for height in inches HEIGHT3 HTIN4
CV for height in meters HEIGHT3 HTIN4 HTM4
CV for weight in kilograms WEIGHT2 WTKG3
Calculated Body Mass Index PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3 _BMI5
Tri-level weight variable (normal, overweight, obese) based on Body Mass Index PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3, _BMI5 _BMI5CAT
CV for Overweight or Obese Body Mass Index level PREGNANT, WEIGHT2, HEIGHT3 HTIN4, HTM4, WTKG3, _BMI5 _RFBMI5
Calculated number of children in household CHILDREN _CHLDCNT
Calculated education level completed EDUCA _EDUCAG
Section 10: Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
CV for women age 40 and older that have not had a mammogram in past 2 years BIRTHSEX, SEXVAR, AGE, HADMAM, HOWLONG _RFMAM22
CV for women age 50-74 that have had a mammogram in past 2 years BIRTHSEX, SEXVAR, AGE, HADMAM, and HOWLONG _MAM5023
Section 11: Colorectal Cancer Screening
CV for having a colonoscopy HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM _HADCOLN
CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a colonoscopy within the past ten years AGE, HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, COLNTES1 _HADCOLN _CLNSCP1
CV for having a sigmoidoscopy HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM _HADSIGM
CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past five years AGE, HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, SIGMTES1 _HADSIGM _SGMSCP1
CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past ten years AGE, HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, SIGMTES1 _HADSIGM _SGMS101
CV for age 45-75 that have not had a blood stool test within the past year COLNCNCR, SMALSTOL, STOLTEST, AGE _RFBLDS5
CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a stool DNA test within the past 3 years AGE, COLNCNCR, STOOLDN2, SDNATES1 _STOLDN1
CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a virtual colonoscopy within the past 5 years AGE, COLNCNCR, VIRCOLO1, VCLNTES2 _VIRCOL1
CV for respondents aged 45-75 who have had a sigmoidoscopy within the past ten years and a blood stool test in the past year. AGE, COLNCNCR, HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, SIGMTES1, SMALSTOL, STOLTEST _SGMS101, _RFBLDS5 _SBONTI1
CV for age 45-75 who have fully met the USPSTF recommendations HADSIGM4, COLNSIGM, COLNTES1, SIGMTES1, LASTSIG4, COLNCNCR, VIRCOLO1, VCLNTES2, SMALSTOL, STOLTEST, STOOLDN2, BLDSTFIT, SDNATES1, AGE _RFBLDS5, _SGMSCP1, _CLNSCP1, _STOLDN1, _VIRCOL1, _SBONTI1 _CRCREC2
Section 12: Tobacco Use
Smoking Status: Everyday smoker, someday smoker, former smoker and non smoker SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 _SMOKER3
CV for current smoking status SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 _SMOKER3 _RFSMOK3
Section 13: Lung Cancer Screening
CV for number of years smoked cigarettes AGE, LCSFIRST, LCSLAST, SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 _SMOKER3, LCSFIRST_, LCSLAST_ _YRSSMOK
CV for number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day LCSNUMCG LCSNUMCG_ _PACKDAY
CV for number of years smoked reported number of packs per day AGE, LCSFIRST, LCSLAST, LCSNUMCG _YRSSMOK, _PACKDAY _PACKYRS
CV for number of years since quit smoking cigarettes AGE, LCSLAST _IMPAGE, LCSLAST_ _YRSQUIT
CV for current smoker, 20+ Pack Years AGE, LCSFIRST, LCSLAST, LCSNUMCG, LCSLAST, SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2 SMOKER3, _PACKYRS, _YRSQUIT _SMOKGRP
CV for current and former smokers who had CAT/CT scan in last year ‘AGE, LCSFIRST, LCSLAST, LCSNUMCG, LCSLAST, SMOKE100, SMOKDAY2, LCSSCNCR, LCSCTWHN _IMPAGE, _SMOKGRP _LCSREC
Section 15: Immunization
CV for respondents aged 65 and older that have had a flu shot within the past year AGE, FLUSHOT7 _FLSHOT7
CV for respondent aged 65 and older that have ever had a pneumonia vaccine PNEUVAC4 _PNEUMO3
Section 16: HIV/AIDS
CV for having ever been tested for HIV HIVTST7 _AIDTST4