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

Table 8. Weight measurement: distribution of the terminal digits for full kilograms (i.e. the second last digit) by RUA, ages 25-64 (see Section 5.4.1 and Table 7)
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
 50.1
48.8
51.6
 10.3
10.5
10.0
 9.7
8.8
10.9
 9.8
9.7
9.1
 9.6
9.4
9.8
 9.1
9.4
10.6
 10.2
10.8
7.6
 10.7
9.0
10.7
 10.4
11.6
10.7
 10.2
10.3
11.2
 9.8
10.5
9.4
AUS-PERa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1782
809
712
 50.7
50.7
49.4
 11.0
10.4
9.8
 10.8
10.1
9.4
 10.5
10.6
10.3
 9.8
9.8
9.7
 9.4
10.8
8.8
 9.7
9.5
10.1
 9.1
8.8
9.8
 9.9
10.4
9.8
 10.7
10.1
10.7
 9.1
9.5
11.5
AUS-PERb Mid
Fin
 1640
1474
 51.3
50.3
 12.1
9.6
 10.4
8.8
 8.8
10.2
 8.0
10.6
 10.9
9.6
 10.7
9.2
 10.5
9.8
 9.6
9.8
 9.0
11.1
 9.9
11.3
BEL-CHAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 674
626
669
 50.3
48.2
50.7
 11.7
9.3
10.3
 8.6
11.5
10.8
 11.0
8.5
11.5
 11.0
11.5
10.3
 8.9
12.0
8.7
 11.0
10.4
10.0
 9.3
8.6
11.8
 8.6
9.3
9.1
 9.3
9.9
8.4
 10.5
9.1
9.1
BEL-GHEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1008
905
982
 48.4
50.2
51.3
 8.8
9.1
9.8
 9.1
9.4
9.9
 11.0
10.8
11.1
 10.7
8.2
10.4
 8.1
11.2
9.6
 9.0
9.7
10.2
 10.7
9.9
11.4
 11.6
10.9
9.1
 9.7
9.2
9.5
 11.1
11.6
9.2
BEL-LUXa Ini 1882 52.6 12.9 10.3 9.5 9.2 9.8 9.9 10.0 9.4 10.4 8.5
CAN-HALa Ini
Fin
 858
561
 51.9
49.0
 10.5
11.8
 9.7
8.9
 9.8
9.3
 10.0
11.9
 12.0
10.9
 10.1
8.9
 8.5
7.8
 10.1
11.6
 11.1
9.3
 8.2
9.6
CHN-BEIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1669
1563
1429
 49.7
50.2
52.1
 10.3
11.8
11.7
 10.9
9.1
9.8
 9.4
11.3
9.5
 9.4
10.0
8.8
 11.1
9.9
10.5
 10.8
12.0
11.7
 9.6
8.7
9.5
 10.2
8.9
9.9
 9.2
8.4
10.8
 9.0
9.7
7.8
CZE-CZEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2548
2765
2347
 50.3
51.1
51.3
 11.1
11.8
9.9
 8.9
9.7
8.4
 9.2
10.3
10.4
 11.0
9.9
9.0
 11.2
9.6
10.2
 11.5
10.5
11.5
 8.8
10.1
9.6
 8.8
9.0
9.6
 10.0
9.3
11.1
 9.4
9.8
10.1
DEN-GLOa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3784
1500
1624
 50.3
48.7
51.2
 10.5
9.9
12.4
 9.6
11.8
9.4
 10.0
9.1
9.9
 10.5
10.5
9.7
 10.0
9.2
9.2
 10.3
9.1
8.9
 10.5
11.2
9.4
 9.5
10.8
9.7
 9.3
9.2
10.2
 9.8
9.1
11.0
FIN-KUOa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2791
1548
1551
 52.4
47.9
49.5
 10.9
9.5
10.6
 9.4
9.5
9.6
 10.3
9.1
9.4
 10.2
11.3
10.5
 11.2
10.0
10.0
 9.7
12.0
10.7
 10.2
9.2
10.5
 8.8
9.3
10.1
 9.7
10.0
9.0
 9.5
10.0
9.5
FIN-NKAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3139
3001
1437
 51.3
52.5
52.1
 10.4
10.2
11.4
 9.9
9.1
10.1
 10.2
11.3
10.6
 10.4
9.8
9.5
 10.3
10.9
9.8
 9.6
9.6
10.3
 10.2
9.9
10.9
 9.9
10.0
8.8
 10.3
10.2
9.4
 9.0
8.9
9.3
FIN-TULa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3281
1500
1548
 50.2
52.9
50.7
 10.7
10.6
11.2
 9.1
9.1
11.2
 11.2
9.4
10.8
 9.6
9.9
10.9
 9.8
11.3
10.4
 10.8
9.0
8.9
 9.2
10.7
9.2
 9.8
10.9
10.5
 9.2
10.9
9.1
 10.5
8.2
7.9
FRA-LILa Ini
Fin
 1615
1145
 51.6
51.1
 11.5
10.4
 9.4
10.0
 10.0
9.7
 9.2
10.7
 10.5
10.2
 10.5
8.2
 10.3
11.0
 9.7
9.5
 9.3
9.8
 9.5
10.5
FRA-STRa Ini
Fin
 1380
1056
 50.8
50.5
 10.1
10.0
 9.1
9.1
 9.6
9.2
 10.3
10.1
 10.9
8.8
 9.6
10.7
 9.9
12.9
 9.7
8.3
 10.4
9.6
 10.5
11.3
FRA-TOUa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1322
586
1174
 49.6
53.8
49.2
 11.2
12.3
9.6
 7.8
6.8
10.4
 8.5
12.1
9.2
 9.2
11.1
10.5
 10.2
9.2
11.7
 12.1
10.8
10.2
 10.3
9.0
10.5
 10.4
8.4
10.1
 9.5
11.1
8.3
 10.9
9.2
9.5
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
GER-AURa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2179
2146
2183
 51.4
52.2
50.3
 10.2
10.1
10.2
 8.0
9.9
10.5
 10.2
10.7
10.0
 10.5
9.7
10.4
 10.3
10.7
9.9
 10.3
9.7
9.8
 10.7
10.9
10.4
 9.8
9.5
9.8
 10.0
9.9
9.8
 10.0
8.9
9.2
GER-AUUa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1787
1731
1682
 50.6
52.6
49.1
 10.0
11.9
10.0
 9.5
8.7
9.8
 10.6
10.5
9.6
 10.3
10.1
8.6
 10.9
10.6
9.7
 11.0
11.3
12.8
 9.0
10.3
9.6
 9.5
9.4
9.6
 10.1
9.3
10.2
 9.1
8.0
10.0
GER-BERa Ini
Mid
 1228
1418
 46.8
47.7
 9.4
8.8
 8.9
10.8
 9.5
9.0
 11.1
9.0
 10.2
9.7
 10.8
10.4
 9.0
11.1
 10.6
10.7
 8.8
9.2
 11.8
11.4
GER-BREa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1665
1161
1164
 50.9
50.8
50.8
 11.2
11.3
9.8
 8.8
9.9
9.3
 9.7
10.0
9.5
 10.3
9.6
8.5
 10.3
10.3
11.2
 9.9
9.0
10.8
 10.5
9.3
11.0
 9.8
10.7
10.3
 9.2
9.9
9.4
 10.3
10.0
10.3
GER-BREb Mid
Fin
 2161
2167
 51.3
50.1
 11.4
10.6
 10.2
9.8
 10.5
9.5
 9.7
10.2
 10.1
11.4
 9.0
9.5
 9.9
10.4
 10.0
10.0
 9.3
8.3
 9.9
10.4
GER-COTa Ini
Mid
 1396
1070
 48.7
46.5
 9.7
11.8
 9.2
9.0
 9.7
8.6
 10.2
11.8
 9.9
8.0
 13.0
12.7
 9.0
9.3
 8.4
9.8
 10.5
8.8
 10.4
10.2
GER-EGEb Ini
Mid
Fin
 1084
1113
1159
 51.5
51.3
52.1
 11.3
13.4
9.6
 7.9
8.3
8.6
 9.4
10.0
12.8
 9.2
9.4
11.2
 11.3
9.3
9.3
 11.1
13.1
11.6
 8.4
10.2
10.5
 9.6
8.7
8.9
 11.0
8.4
9.9
 10.7
9.2
7.5
GER-ERFa Ini
Mid
Fin
 209
1781
1159
 44.0
50.0
51.4
 8.6
10.8
9.7
 14.4
10.2
10.0
 10.0
8.9
11.5
 11.0
10.8
9.5
 9.1
10.4
10.4
 9.6
10.0
10.2
 7.7
9.4
10.4
 9.6
10.1
9.5
 8.6
10.5
9.5
 11.5
8.8
9.4
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
 51.3
55.0
 11.6
14.1
 9.9
8.9
 10.1
11.4
 9.3
9.7
 10.5
9.8
 10.2
10.7
 9.3
9.8
 10.3
9.2
 9.8
10.0
 9.0
6.4
GER-KMSa Ini
Mid
 2333
2280
 52.2
51.6
 11.6
12.6
 8.4
7.9
 10.6
10.9
 9.4
9.7
 9.4
9.2
 11.3
12.2
 10.1
9.4
 8.5
9.8
 10.5
9.4
 10.2
8.7
GER-RDMc Ini 467 51.0 14.8 7.9 12.2 9.6 6.6 10.5 9.9 10.5 7.5 10.5
GER-RHNa Ini 3098 50.6 12.0 9.0 9.9 10.0 9.8 11.8 8.9 9.1 9.9 9.5
HUN-BUDa Ini
Mid
 1511
3012
 56.5
51.1
 16.5
11.4
 5.7
8.2
 11.5
9.7
 9.2
8.8
 9.7
10.1
 15.2
12.0
 8.7
9.7
 6.9
10.4
 10.0
10.2
 6.6
9.6
HUN-PECa Ini
Mid
 1684
3092
 52.4
52.4
 12.8
12.9
 9.8
9.1
 10.6
10.3
 9.9
9.8
 9.1
9.5
 13.7
10.7
 9.3
9.9
 7.7
9.6
 10.6
9.7
 6.6
8.3
ICE-ICEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1734
1682
1797
 49.4
52.3
48.2
 9.3
12.5
10.0
 9.7
9.8
9.4
 11.4
10.1
8.3
 10.0
10.3
10.1
 9.1
9.8
9.4
 10.6
9.2
10.6
 9.7
10.9
10.5
 9.9
9.4
11.0
 10.0
8.9
10.1
 10.4
9.0
10.7
ISR-TELa Ini 1342 56.9 21.9 4.5 11.3 8.1 8.3 17.3 6.1 7.7 9.2 5.5
ITA-BRIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1626
1531
1644
 52.5
49.5
50.6
 12.1
9.9
11.5
 9.2
8.9
10.2
 10.9
11.0
10.2
 8.4
11.3
9.5
 11.0
10.2
9.5
 10.8
11.0
10.1
 7.8
9.3
7.9
 9.0
10.1
10.2
 10.7
9.1
11.6
 10.1
9.1
9.4
ITA-FRIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1840
1802
1770
 56.6
52.6
54.9
 12.7
10.4
11.1
 8.6
9.3
9.2
 11.4
10.8
11.5
 8.0
9.9
8.5
 10.7
9.4
10.3
 9.0
10.0
9.0
 11.9
10.3
11.0
 9.5
8.6
9.5
 9.9
11.7
11.0
 8.3
9.6
8.8
ITA-LATa Ini 1781 56.8 12.3 8.6 10.6 8.6 12.4 9.4 10.9 9.3 10.6 7.2
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
 51.8
51.0
56.7
 11.8
12.8
13.1
 9.4
9.2
7.1
 10.4
9.8
12.1
 9.2
11.4
9.4
 10.9
8.6
10.4
 11.1
11.1
11.5
 10.4
9.6
10.3
 10.0
8.6
8.0
 8.3
10.2
10.8
 8.4
8.7
7.3
MLT-MLTa Ini 1878 68.3 24.1 4.4 12.5 5.9 7.2 13.7 8.5 3.9 16.1 3.8
NEZ-AUCa Ini
Fin
 1587
1472
 52.2
49.1
 9.6
10.1
 9.1
7.7
 9.8
9.9
 9.5
10.6
 9.1
8.4
 8.9
9.5
 8.1
10.7
 8.8
11.0
 15.6
10.0
 11.6
12.1
POL-TARa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2678
1288
1310
 49.4
49.5
50.8
 10.5
10.4
10.4
 11.0
10.0
9.0
 9.4
9.1
10.4
 10.3
9.8
10.8
 9.6
10.4
9.8
 9.5
11.6
10.5
 9.6
9.9
10.0
 10.8
9.3
9.7
 10.3
9.7
10.2
 9.0
9.7
9.2
POL-WARa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2624
1418
1514
 51.3
47.2
50.9
 10.9
9.7
10.8
 8.7
11.9
11.8
 10.6
9.4
9.0
 10.3
10.5
9.2
 9.8
9.2
9.7
 9.5
9.6
11.2
 9.9
9.2
10.4
 10.4
11.5
8.9
 10.0
9.8
10.9
 9.9
9.2
8.1
ROM-BUCa Ini 1575 54.9 13.6 8.3 11.9 9.7 9.9 12.0 10.1 8.3 9.4 7.0
RUS-MOCa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1416
1201
1083
 51.3
51.3
50.4
 10.8
10.3
10.9
 9.0
9.0
9.1
 11.3
9.2
9.2
 9.5
9.9
10.5
 9.5
9.4
9.6
 11.7
10.4
9.3
 11.0
10.5
9.4
 8.6
9.7
10.2
 8.7
11.9
11.3
 9.9
9.7
10.4
RUS-MOIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1175
1209
1396
 52.0
50.9
56.2
 12.7
10.6
12.3
 9.0
10.0
6.3
 11.1
9.8
10.5
 11.1
10.9
9.0
 9.4
10.7
10.8
 10.6
9.6
12.1
 7.9
9.6
10.7
 9.3
9.6
8.0
 11.0
10.2
11.8
 8.0
9.0
8.4
RUS-MOIb Ini 2338 53.2 12.8 9.1 11.5 10.1 9.6 10.7 9.0 9.1 10.3 7.9
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
 51.2
50.1
49.8
 10.1
11.0
10.1
 9.2
9.6
10.7
 11.0
9.4
10.5
 9.9
9.9
10.8
 10.2
9.5
9.4
 9.7
9.6
10.8
 10.0
10.7
9.9
 10.1
9.2
9.8
 10.0
9.6
9.9
 9.9
11.6
8.1
RUS-NOCb Ini 2784 52.1 10.9 9.4 10.9 9.5 10.2 10.3 10.1 9.6 10.1 9.1
RUS-NOIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1615
1689
1680
 54.2
50.4
51.4
 10.5
10.8
11.0
 8.0
8.3
9.3
 11.0
9.4
9.8
 10.6
9.4
9.8
 10.7
10.4
10.8
 10.2
10.7
11.4
 10.5
9.7
9.0
 8.0
10.1
9.3
 11.6
10.2
10.7
 9.0
11.0
8.8
SPA-CATa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2522
2910
3428
 51.0
49.0
49.7
 10.3
9.2
10.0
 9.1
11.2
9.8
 9.6
10.0
9.8
 10.5
9.9
10.6
 10.5
9.8
10.2
 9.3
10.3
10.3
 10.3
9.1
10.4
 9.6
10.4
10.1
 10.3
10.8
9.3
 10.6
9.2
9.5
SWE-GOTa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1369
1550
1612
 50.1
51.0
48.8
 11.2
9.9
9.7
 8.4
9.2
10.7
 10.4
10.6
9.1
 9.9
9.8
8.9
 9.6
10.1
9.6
 10.1
10.4
10.3
 10.1
10.5
10.9
 12.1
10.0
11.0
 8.8
9.9
9.6
 9.4
9.5
10.4
SWE-NSWa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1617
1554
1497
 49.7
52.3
52.2
 10.0
11.0
9.6
 10.1
8.8
7.7
 10.6
9.6
9.9
 10.5
8.9
8.5
 10.3
9.1
10.9
 11.6
11.3
10.6
 10.1
11.1
11.5
 9.0
9.3
9.8
 8.7
11.5
10.3
 9.1
9.5
11.2
SWI-TICa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1550
1454
1500
 51.9
54.3
51.7
 9.6
12.6
11.5
 10.1
8.9
10.1
 10.8
11.0
9.3
 9.2
8.7
9.5
 11.4
10.7
9.1
 10.4
12.2
9.7
 8.7
9.6
9.9
 9.9
9.3
9.3
 11.4
10.5
11.8
 8.5
6.5
9.7
SWI-VAFa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1625
1759
1544
 46.9
52.2
51.1
 7.8
10.5
10.0
 11.1
8.9
10.4
 10.6
9.7
11.1
 10.2
9.4
9.6
 10.8
10.5
10.2
 11.4
9.9
10.4
 8.9
11.9
9.4
 10.0
10.3
9.1
 8.7
9.6
10.5
 10.5
9.1
9.5
UNK-BELa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2341
2340
1994
 50.1
49.9
51.3
 10.2
10.1
9.5
 9.6
9.7
9.6
 8.9
10.2
10.2
 10.3
10.5
10.7
 10.0
10.2
11.3
 10.4
10.0
9.7
 10.6
9.4
9.8
 9.4
9.9
9.8
 10.4
10.0
10.3
 10.2
10.0
8.9
UNK-GLAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1243
1486
1813
 50.5
51.1
49.7
 10.9
10.1
9.5
 9.5
9.1
10.1
 9.5
9.6
11.7
 10.0
10.2
9.3
 9.0
10.2
9.2
 10.5
9.2
9.8
 10.5
10.8
9.7
 9.4
9.4
10.0
 10.6
10.4
9.6
 10.1
11.2
11.1
USA-STAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1509
1561
1563
 50.8
49.6
48.5
 12.5
12.8
13.6
 8.5
9.6
10.1
 10.3
8.7
9.5
 8.7
9.5
9.9
 8.9
10.4
8.4
 12.9
12.8
13.3
 9.3
10.7
8.4
 10.2
9.4
9.0
 9.8
7.0
8.4
 9.0
9.0
9.2
YUG-NOSa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1575
1569
1270
 50.2
48.6
50.7
 9.8
9.7
10.1
 9.8
10.8
9.0
 9.2
10.9
10.6
 11.0
9.4
9.4
 10.1
9.1
9.4
 10.0
12.0
10.2
 11.2
10.5
10.8
 10.4
9.8
9.9
 9.9
8.5
9.8
 8.6
9.4
10.7
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9