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Health Survey Findings
Table 154: During the past 4 weeks, have you suffered from the following symptoms? (ROI
and NI combined) (Questionnaire item C1_7_a and C1_7_b)
Yes No n
Total Vomiting 9.0% 91.1% 2,387
If yes, three or more times per day? 57.6% 42.4% 210
Diarrhoea 7.2% 92.8% 2,371
If yes, three or more times per day? 61.9% 38.1% 168
Male Vomiting 8.5% 91.5% 1,161
If yes, three or more times per day? 56.7% 43.3% 97
Diarrhoea 6.5% 93.5% 1,155
If yes, three or more times per day? 54.8% 45.2% 73
Female Vomiting 9.4% 90.6% 1,224
If yes, three or more times per day? 58.4% 41.6% 113
Diarrhoea 8.0% 92.0% 1,214
If yes, three or more times per day? 67.3% 32.7% 95
Under 30 Vomiting 8.1% 92.0% 1,114
If yes, three or more times per day? 50.0% 50.0% 90
Diarrhoea 6.5% 93.6% 1,106
If yes, three or more times per day? 63.4% 36.6% 71
30-44 Vomiting 8.8% 91.2% 633
If yes, three or more times per day? 67.3% 32.7% 52
Diarrhoea 7.6% 92.4% 632
If yes, three or more times per day? 61.4% 38.7% 44
45 + Vomiting 12.3% 87.9% 408
If yes, three or more times per day? 69.0% 32.7% 50
Diarrhoea 10.9% 89.3% 404
If yes, three or more times per day? 62.8% 39.2% 44
Most respondents of both sexes and in both jurisdictions had not been screened for cardiovascular risk
factors in the last 12 months. Screening was age-related and was undertaken predominantly by the GP
in both ROI and NI. Of those tested, a third of respondents in ROI (35.2%) had been diagnosed with high
blood pressure in the last 12 months and a quarter (25.9%) had been diagnosed with high cholesterol.
In NI 44.3% were diagnosed with high blood pressure and 36.8% with high cholesterol. This pattern too
was positively age-related in both jurisdictions.
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