Quality Assessment of Weight and Height Measurements in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 7. Weight measurement: proportion of even values and distribution of the terminal digits (i.e. decimals of kg) by RUA, ages 25-64 (see Sections 3.3 and 5.4.1 and Table 8)
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
AUS-NEWa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2460
1347
1325
 52.5
53.4
55.0
 15.5
20.3
17.9
 8.2
7.2
6.9
 9.9
9.9
11.2
 8.8
8.5
8.8
 8.4
7.3
8.0
 13.9
16.0
15.3
 10.0
7.0
7.6
 9.0
9.8
7.2
 8.7
8.8
10.3
 7.6
5.1
6.8
AUS-PERa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1782
809
712
 52.4
52.9
96.3
 13.8
15.0
24.2
 9.9
9.4
0.0
 9.8
8.4
18.1
 9.2
9.1
0.1
 9.9
10.5
17.0
 11.9
9.6
3.4
 8.9
9.4
20.6
 8.5
8.9
0.0
 10.0
9.6
16.4
 8.2
10.0
0.1
AUS-PERb Mid
Fin
 1640
1474
 74.3
96.3
 54.6
22.7
 4.8
0.0
 4.3
17.8
 4.6
0.5
 5.5
16.3
 6.6
3.0
 4.8
21.0
 4.6
0.1
 5.0
18.4
 5.1
0.1
BEL-CHAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 674
626
669
 62.0
57.5
58.0
 28.8
26.2
22.7
 5.0
3.7
5.1
 10.1
9.4
8.1
 8.0
8.1
9.7
 9.2
5.3
6.9
 13.5
20.6
16.3
 7.0
5.4
7.0
 7.1
8.0
8.1
 7.0
11.2
13.3
 4.3
2.1
2.8
BEL-GHEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1008
905
982
 53.9
55.1
51.0
 19.7
27.1
23.3
 6.3
6.7
5.6
 9.1
9.7
8.6
 9.9
6.2
8.1
 8.2
6.4
6.8
 13.1
19.0
18.9
 8.7
5.7
5.8
 9.3
7.2
9.4
 8.0
6.2
6.5
 7.4
5.7
6.9
BEL-LUXa Ini 1882 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CAN-HALa Ini
Fin
 858
561
 100.0
100.0
 45.8
20.5
 0.0
0.0
 12.0
19.8
 0.0
0.0
 4.5
21.9
 0.0
0.0
 29.3
18.7
 0.0
0.0
 8.4
19.1
 0.0
0.0
CHN-BEIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1669
1563
1429
 69.7
99.9
99.7
 44.4
51.2
76.4
 4.3
0.0
0.0
 10.7
3.3
0.1
 1.2
0.0
0.0
 2.5
1.8
4.2
 19.4
0.0
0.3
 1.0
40.1
19.0
 0.7
0.0
0.0
 11.1
3.5
0.0
 4.7
0.1
0.0
CZE-CZEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2548
2765
2347
 63.8
63.2
65.1
 47.4
49.0
46.2
 1.5
1.8
1.5
 4.9
5.4
6.3
 3.5
3.4
3.6
 3.3
2.6
4.6
 28.1
27.1
24.9
 3.8
2.9
3.5
 2.1
3.2
3.0
 4.4
3.4
4.5
 1.0
1.3
1.9
DEN-GLOa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3784
1500
1624
 97.8
100.0
56.0
 39.5
26.2
18.4
 0.4
0.0
6.1
 13.5
14.1
11.0
 0.3
0.0
8.6
 15.9
17.5
8.4
 0.5
0.0
12.3
 15.0
22.5
8.6
 0.6
0.0
9.5
 13.9
19.7
9.5
 0.4
0.0
7.6
FIN-KUOa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2791
1548
1551
 58.7
53.7
50.9
 28.9
18.0
10.6
 5.6
7.2
9.8
 7.6
9.8
10.0
 7.7
9.7
10.1
 7.3
8.7
10.4
 15.6
13.0
11.6
 6.9
7.6
10.0
 6.9
9.8
9.4
 8.0
9.6
9.9
 5.4
6.6
8.3
FIN-NKAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3139
3001
1437
 55.2
55.6
52.7
 24.0
17.5
13.2
 5.3
7.7
7.9
 8.9
11.0
9.7
 8.2
8.2
9.0
 7.3
8.4
9.3
 17.3
13.8
13.4
 6.8
8.4
9.9
 8.2
8.0
8.4
 8.3
10.3
10.6
 5.8
6.8
8.5
FIN-TULa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3281
1500
1548
 77.2
54.5
52.1
 21.1
15.5
13.1
 3.9
6.9
9.4
 13.6
11.0
9.5
 4.2
9.8
9.7
 14.9
9.5
9.0
 6.9
12.9
10.9
 14.3
7.5
9.9
 4.3
9.7
10.1
 13.4
11.0
10.5
 3.4
6.2
7.9
FRA-LILa Ini
Fin
 1615
1145
 99.8
100.0
 24.1
19.9
 0.0
0.0
 19.4
19.0
 0.0
0.0
 19.4
20.5
 0.2
0.0
 18.8
20.2
 0.0
0.0
 18.1
20.4
 0.0
0.0
FRA-STRa Ini
Fin
 1380
1056
 98.8
100.0
 23.8
24.8
 0.0
0.0
 19.6
18.7
 0.1
0.0
 18.9
20.0
 1.0
0.0
 19.0
19.7
 0.1
0.0
 17.5
16.9
 0.1
0.0
FRA-TOUa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1322
586
1174
 99.6
99.8
100.0
 25.9
20.3
20.6
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 18.1
23.0
19.1
 0.1
0.2
0.0
 18.2
19.8
21.3
 0.2
0.0
0.0
 18.8
16.7
19.5
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 18.5
20.0
19.5
 0.1
0.0
0.0
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
GER-AURa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2179
2146
2183
 55.4
57.7
54.5
 18.2
33.6
21.8
 7.3
3.6
5.9
 10.5
7.7
8.8
 8.3
5.7
9.2
 8.8
5.0
8.3
 13.2
22.2
15.4
 7.2
5.2
7.1
 8.4
7.4
8.5
 10.7
6.2
8.4
 7.3
3.3
6.6
GER-AUUa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1787
1731
1682
 52.5
59.3
52.9
 20.8
33.4
23.7
 7.2
5.3
6.4
 8.9
8.3
8.6
 9.1
7.6
9.2
 7.1
6.0
6.5
 15.1
17.6
17.0
 7.4
5.2
7.7
 9.8
6.6
8.3
 8.3
6.4
6.4
 6.3
3.6
6.2
GER-BERa Ini
Mid
 1228
1418
 100.0
57.3
 100.0
34.6
 0.0
0.3
 0.0
4.7
 0.0
9.7
 0.0
5.9
 0.0
22.4
 0.0
4.5
 0.0
9.1
 0.0
7.5
 0.0
1.2
GER-BREa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1665
1161
1164
 55.0
50.1
53.9
 19.3
10.9
17.9
 6.5
12.5
7.9
 11.7
10.8
12.2
 9.7
10.1
9.5
 8.0
9.0
8.2
 14.4
9.6
13.1
 7.4
9.8
8.6
 8.5
8.6
8.7
 8.6
9.7
7.0
 5.8
9.1
7.0
GER-BREb Mid
Fin
 2161
2167
 48.6
53.5
 11.4
15.9
 10.5
7.8
 11.1
11.7
 10.7
10.2
 8.0
7.9
 11.1
12.7
 8.9
8.6
 9.5
9.0
 9.1
9.4
 9.6
6.8
GER-COTa Ini
Mid
 1396
1070
 100.0
57.5
 100.0
21.4
 0.0
6.2
 0.0
12.8
 0.0
9.7
 0.0
7.8
 0.0
13.3
 0.0
6.5
 0.0
9.2
 0.0
9.0
 0.0
4.2
GER-EGEb Ini
Mid
Fin
 1084
1113
1159
 100.0
82.4
55.3
 100.0
71.2
23.0
 0.0
2.7
6.0
 0.0
5.1
9.6
 0.0
2.2
7.5
 0.0
2.0
6.0
 0.0
8.9
17.7
 0.0
2.2
9.6
 0.0
1.4
8.7
 0.0
1.8
7.2
 0.0
2.4
4.8
GER-ERFa Ini
Mid
Fin
 209
1781
1159
 100.0
58.8
66.9
 100.0
24.1
50.6
 0.0
6.6
2.3
 0.0
8.5
4.0
 0.0
6.6
4.1
 0.0
6.6
3.5
 0.0
16.4
20.1
 0.0
9.0
3.5
 0.0
8.5
3.9
 0.0
10.6
5.2
 0.0
3.1
2.8
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
GER-HACa Ini
Mid
 2282
2160
 93.3
60.5
 89.7
34.0
 0.2
7.8
 0.9
8.5
 0.8
8.3
 1.2
5.4
 4.3
13.8
 1.1
5.9
 0.9
6.3
 0.5
6.7
 0.5
3.2
GER-KMSa Ini
Mid
 2333
2280
 94.7
69.9
 94.7
49.0
 0.0
6.0
 0.0
7.8
 0.0
4.9
 0.0
4.8
 5.3
12.8
 0.0
4.1
 0.0
3.4
 0.0
4.2
 0.0
3.1
GER-RDMc Ini 467 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GER-RHNa Ini 3098 76.2 62.6 0.7 4.2 2.3 2.4 16.9 2.8 3.1 4.2 0.7
HUN-BUDa Ini
Mid
 1511
3012
 100.0
100.0
 100.0
100.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
HUN-PECa Ini
Mid
 1684
3092
 100.0
100.0
 100.0
100.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
 0.0
0.0
ICE-ICEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1734
1682
1797
 54.7
93.3
93.9
 14.8
30.1
26.8
 7.2
0.4
0.2
 10.4
14.1
15.1
 9.1
1.1
1.5
 8.6
16.3
17.4
 13.3
3.3
2.9
 9.0
15.0
17.9
 9.4
1.2
1.4
 11.8
17.8
16.9
 6.3
0.5
0.1
ISR-TELa Ini 1342 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ITA-BRIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1626
1531
1644
 100.0
100.0
100.0
 25.8
29.9
23.4
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 16.4
16.5
19.1
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 19.9
17.9
18.2
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 21.7
19.8
19.0
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 16.2
15.9
20.3
 0.0
0.0
0.0
ITA-FRIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1840
1802
1770
 98.3
100.0
100.0
 32.8
32.4
26.7
 0.7
0.0
0.0
 16.8
15.3
18.5
 0.2
0.0
0.0
 16.3
16.8
17.3
 0.7
0.0
0.0
 18.0
19.7
19.1
 0.2
0.0
0.0
 14.3
15.8
18.4
 0.1
0.0
0.0
ITA-LATa Ini 1781 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
LTU-KAUa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1463
1762
1233
 63.6
67.1
47.4
 46.1
46.7
19.1
 3.4
5.2
13.9
 5.2
6.9
10.2
 3.3
4.7
4.9
 2.1
3.2
8.3
 21.7
14.4
28.5
 4.6
4.3
5.3
 6.1
7.0
3.9
 5.5
6.0
4.5
 1.8
1.8
1.4
MLT-MLTa Ini 1878 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEZ-AUCa Ini
Fin
 1587
1472
 52.6
100.0
 11.7
100.0
 8.2
0.0
 10.0
0.0
 8.9
0.0
 9.3
0.0
 10.1
0.0
 11.7
0.0
 8.8
0.0
 10.0
0.0
 11.3
0.0
POL-TARa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2678
1288
1310
 57.5
69.6
59.4
 34.0
56.1
42.5
 4.3
2.5
3.1
 7.1
3.7
5.6
 5.8
3.9
4.7
 5.5
3.0
3.9
 23.6
19.9
24.7
 5.8
3.4
2.7
 5.9
3.0
5.9
 5.3
3.3
4.7
 2.9
1.2
2.2
POL-WARa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2624
1418
1514
 51.3
52.8
52.5
 16.0
16.1
13.8
 8.7
7.6
8.5
 8.9
10.6
8.7
 10.3
8.9
10.7
 8.7
7.2
9.8
 12.8
14.2
9.9
 8.2
9.4
10.5
 10.0
9.3
9.8
 9.5
9.5
9.7
 7.0
7.2
8.7
ROM-BUCa Ini 1575 99.4 57.4 0.3 14.0 0.0 7.0 0.3 14.9 0.1 6.1 0.0
RUS-MOCa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1416
1201
1083
 49.8
99.6
100.0
 10.2
38.0
66.9
 9.1
0.2
0.0
 11.1
13.9
4.5
 10.0
0.0
0.0
 9.2
14.7
5.4
 9.0
0.1
0.0
 9.7
16.2
15.1
 11.1
0.0
0.0
 9.6
16.8
7.9
 10.9
0.2
0.0
RUS-MOIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1175
1209
1396
 49.8
99.8
100.0
 10.5
44.7
71.6
 9.3
0.0
0.0
 11.1
11.8
3.6
 10.0
0.1
0.0
 9.2
12.7
4.4
 9.7
0.1
0.0
 9.5
15.8
15.6
 11.1
0.1
0.0
 9.5
14.7
4.8
 10.1
0.0
0.0
RUS-MOIb Ini 2338 57.6 31.4 5.2 7.8 7.1 5.5 16.4 6.1 8.0 6.8 5.8
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
RUS-NOCa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1532
1576
1558
 50.2
55.7
57.1
 30.1
25.3
20.8
 2.4
10.5
8.3
 6.1
14.0
9.8
 7.2
7.1
7.2
 3.1
2.2
10.1
 30.1
22.0
11.4
 2.6
5.8
9.6
 7.8
3.2
8.3
 8.2
8.5
6.8
 2.3
1.5
7.7
RUS-NOCb Ini 2784 56.2 30.7 3.3 7.9 6.6 5.3 24.2 4.2 7.1 8.0 2.6
RUS-NOIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1615
1689
1680
 66.1
61.4
69.2
 38.6
42.9
28.8
 3.5
5.5
6.1
 10.3
5.6
10.5
 5.8
5.2
5.0
 6.4
4.3
10.1
 17.8
21.3
9.6
 3.8
4.0
10.2
 5.2
4.9
5.7
 6.9
4.7
9.6
 1.6
1.7
4.4
SPA-CATa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2522
2910
3428
 100.0
96.5
96.6
 22.5
25.2
24.6
 0.0
0.9
1.0
 18.4
17.7
17.0
 0.0
0.6
0.5
 20.9
19.0
19.8
 0.0
0.5
0.7
 20.9
20.2
19.7
 0.0
0.5
0.7
 17.4
14.4
15.5
 0.0
1.0
0.5
SWE-GOTa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1369
1550
1612
 100.0
52.0
60.4
 41.9
12.7
12.7
 0.0
9.0
7.5
 10.6
9.9
11.2
 0.0
9.0
8.4
 8.5
10.5
14.0
 0.0
10.6
8.1
 29.5
9.9
11.6
 0.0
9.7
8.6
 9.5
9.0
11.0
 0.0
9.7
7.1
SWE-NSWa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1617
1554
1497
 76.7
99.4
98.5
 18.6
23.7
19.5
 4.5
0.0
0.1
 14.8
18.0
18.7
 4.3
0.1
0.0
 15.5
21.2
19.2
 6.4
0.3
1.3
 13.5
18.7
22.8
 3.8
0.3
0.1
 14.3
17.8
18.2
 4.3
0.0
0.1
SWI-TICa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1550
1454
1500
 52.9
99.7
99.2
 16.3
19.1
19.3
 8.0
0.0
0.0
 11.5
27.9
17.9
 8.6
0.1
0.0
 8.8
18.6
21.2
 14.7
0.1
0.7
 8.6
16.1
21.7
 9.7
0.1
0.0
 7.7
18.0
19.1
 6.1
0.0
0.1
SWI-VAFa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1625
1759
1544
 97.5
97.6
93.5
 22.3
21.8
20.7
 0.1
0.3
0.5
 18.5
17.3
16.6
 0.1
0.6
0.5
 19.9
18.8
18.7
 1.9
0.9
3.2
 17.4
19.6
19.3
 0.2
0.4
1.5
 19.4
20.1
18.2
 0.1
0.2
0.9
UNK-BELa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2341
2340
1994
 52.8
54.0
76.1
 18.4
14.3
32.4
 7.7
8.4
4.4
 8.7
10.9
10.4
 8.5
8.9
4.7
 7.6
9.8
10.1
 13.6
10.0
6.0
 9.4
9.7
11.6
 7.7
9.0
5.0
 8.8
9.3
11.5
 9.6
9.7
3.8
UNK-GLAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1243
1486
1813
 100.0
100.0
100.0
 100.0
16.1
18.8
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 0.0
15.3
21.6
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 0.0
19.0
19.4
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 0.0
31.7
20.9
 0.0
0.0
0.0
 0.0
17.8
19.4
 0.0
0.0
0.0
USA-STAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1509
1561
1563
 52.0
51.4
52.5
 16.8
14.3
17.5
 8.7
8.5
9.3
 9.1
8.5
8.3
 9.6
10.1
8.7
 8.9
10.2
8.8
 11.2
10.7
11.3
 8.7
8.2
8.6
 8.2
9.9
8.0
 8.4
10.2
9.3
 10.4
9.4
10.1
YUG-NOSa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1575
1569
1270
 91.9
64.0
96.6
 40.6
48.5
42.8
 0.4
0.9
0.5
 10.5
3.3
12.2
 1.6
3.6
0.5
 14.9
4.5
16.2
 5.1
25.9
1.3
 14.2
2.6
10.9
 0.6
4.0
0.6
 11.7
5.2
14.4
 0.3
1.7
0.5
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9