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

Table 9. Height measurement: proportion of even values and distribution of the terminal digits by RUA, ages 25-64 (see Section 5.4.2)
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
AUS-NEWa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2459
1343
1325
 51.1
51.7
50.5
 10.1
9.7
10.3
 10.7
10.2
10.5
 10.1
11.4
10.0
 9.3
8.5
10.5
 10.1
10.8
9.6
 10.0
10.0
9.7
 11.3
10.6
10.8
 10.1
10.0
9.4
 9.4
9.3
9.8
 8.9
9.6
9.4
AUS-PERa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1782
808
713
 49.4
49.8
50.4
 9.3
12.1
9.1
 11.0
10.4
9.8
 10.5
9.2
10.7
 10.8
10.5
9.7
 10.9
10.3
11.2
 9.9
8.7
11.2
 9.5
8.3
10.2
 9.3
9.4
9.8
 9.1
9.9
9.1
 9.5
11.3
9.1
AUS-PERb Mid
Fin
 1639
1473
 49.1
51.2
 11.7
9.6
 10.2
9.6
 9.2
10.0
 10.6
10.1
 11.1
11.4
 9.9
10.4
 9.0
10.6
 9.6
10.0
 8.1
9.6
 10.6
8.8
BEL-CHAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 674
626
669
 54.0
53.7
46.9
 11.3
12.1
9.7
 8.6
9.3
10.9
 9.1
8.3
9.7
 11.7
9.4
11.7
 10.2
9.9
9.0
 8.8
9.4
8.2
 11.6
10.4
8.7
 9.6
10.5
12.1
 11.9
12.9
9.9
 7.3
7.7
10.2
BEL-GHEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1008
905
984
 51.5
46.2
55.2
 9.7
10.1
14.0
 9.2
11.6
9.3
 11.6
8.8
9.7
 10.0
11.0
10.5
 9.7
9.5
10.9
 10.0
11.0
8.8
 10.3
9.4
9.7
 10.2
9.2
6.8
 10.1
8.4
11.0
 9.0
10.9
9.3
BEL-LUXa Ini 1880 56.1 11.5 9.3 10.7 8.8 11.3 9.4 10.2 8.2 12.3 8.2
CAN-HALa Ini
Fin
 858
561
 50.6
52.2
 9.4
8.6
 8.7
9.8
 10.0
9.3
 11.7
10.0
 9.6
9.8
 10.5
10.0
 9.9
13.0
 9.0
10.3
 11.7
11.6
 9.6
7.7
CHN-BEIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1669
1563
1429
 51.1
49.8
49.5
 10.2
8.8
9.8
 10.5
10.1
10.1
 9.8
9.4
9.9
 8.9
10.8
9.2
 9.1
10.6
9.9
 9.8
9.9
9.5
 10.9
10.9
9.2
 9.8
9.3
10.6
 11.1
10.0
10.8
 9.8
10.0
11.1
CZE-CZEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2551
2768
2347
 54.3
53.1
54.9
 11.3
11.5
11.7
 8.4
7.7
8.6
 10.4
10.2
10.9
 8.5
9.7
9.5
 9.8
10.0
10.1
 10.8
11.6
10.0
 10.6
10.0
10.9
 9.9
10.4
9.3
 12.2
11.3
11.3
 8.1
7.6
7.8
DEN-GLOa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3784
1499
1625
 49.8
49.4
51.3
 10.0
8.5
11.6
 10.4
10.3
10.2
 10.6
11.5
9.5
 11.2
9.9
9.8
 9.3
9.7
10.3
 9.8
8.5
8.6
 9.6
9.7
10.5
 9.4
10.4
9.7
 10.3
9.9
9.3
 9.3
11.4
10.5
FIN-KUOa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2791
1548
1552
 50.9
50.5
48.7
 11.5
9.9
9.9
 9.8
10.3
10.1
 10.7
10.3
9.5
 9.6
10.1
10.2
 9.4
9.5
8.6
 10.1
9.7
11.0
 9.7
9.7
10.5
 10.2
10.1
10.2
 9.5
11.1
10.2
 9.3
9.4
9.7
FIN-NKAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3137
3000
1437
 50.5
51.0
48.4
 10.3
11.0
10.5
 10.1
9.2
10.9
 10.2
10.4
8.5
 10.4
11.1
10.0
 10.6
9.5
9.4
 10.4
9.2
9.8
 9.4
10.3
8.6
 9.5
9.6
10.8
 10.0
9.8
11.3
 9.1
9.9
10.2
FIN-TULa Ini
Mid
Fin
 3283
1499
1548
 49.5
49.8
50.9
 10.5
8.6
10.9
 10.5
9.7
10.6
 9.4
10.6
9.6
 10.0
9.9
9.6
 9.8
10.1
10.1
 9.3
9.2
9.5
 9.1
10.1
10.0
 10.7
11.3
10.2
 10.7
10.3
10.3
 10.1
10.1
9.2
FRA-LILa Ini
Fin
 1612
1144
 49.9
55.9
 11.8
13.1
 10.2
6.9
 10.5
10.6
 10.6
9.8
 8.9
9.9
 10.7
8.9
 8.7
11.8
 9.9
10.4
 9.9
10.6
 8.6
8.0
FRA-STRa Ini
Fin
 1377
1061
 52.4
49.7
 11.2
11.7
 8.9
8.1
 11.5
11.2
 9.2
10.3
 10.2
8.3
 10.6
11.8
 9.7
9.8
 9.2
10.2
 9.8
8.7
 9.7
10.0
FRA-TOUa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1319
586
1175
 52.5
52.7
51.4
 16.8
13.5
10.1
 9.0
10.1
10.1
 9.9
12.5
10.6
 10.7
10.1
9.9
 8.1
7.5
10.6
 9.9
10.1
9.9
 8.9
9.7
9.7
 10.8
8.4
10.5
 8.8
9.6
10.4
 7.1
8.7
8.3
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
 2195
2161
2192
 52.1
52.2
48.3
 11.5
10.1
10.9
 8.3
9.2
9.0
 9.6
9.9
9.6
 9.3
8.9
10.6
 10.4
10.1
9.1
 10.7
10.2
11.7
 10.0
10.4
9.3
 8.4
10.0
9.9
 10.6
11.7
9.4
 11.2
9.5
10.4
GER-AUUa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1795
1742
1690
 48.7
54.3
52.2
 8.7
11.4
9.3
 10.3
8.0
8.5
 10.1
10.2
11.1
 10.1
9.1
10.5
 10.0
11.3
9.8
 10.8
9.8
9.7
 9.7
10.2
11.1
 10.1
10.0
9.8
 10.1
11.3
10.8
 10.0
8.8
9.2
GER-BERa Ini
Mid
 1229
1418
 51.4
50.9
 11.1
11.2
 9.0
10.2
 10.2
10.9
 9.0
9.3
 11.6
9.2
 10.3
10.1
 8.7
10.3
 11.1
9.7
 9.8
9.3
 9.1
9.9
GER-BREa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1665
1164
1166
 51.3
50.3
52.7
 8.6
10.7
10.1
 10.2
8.1
10.1
 10.8
10.9
12.0
 10.6
12.0
10.2
 10.6
10.4
10.7
 9.8
10.0
9.4
 10.2
10.2
10.2
 9.2
9.5
9.1
 11.2
8.2
9.6
 8.9
10.1
8.5
GER-BREb Mid
Fin
 2167
2170
 50.6
50.6
 10.8
10.2
 8.7
10.3
 10.6
11.5
 10.4
10.3
 10.2
9.2
 11.0
10.3
 9.7
9.7
 9.6
9.8
 9.3
10.0
 9.6
8.7
GER-COTa Ini
Mid
 1396
1069
 55.9
51.4
 10.6
9.8
 8.4
8.2
 10.7
10.2
 9.7
11.0
 10.5
11.0
 8.8
9.4
 10.0
9.3
 8.2
8.7
 14.0
11.0
 9.1
11.3
GER-EGEb Ini
Mid
Fin
 1087
1113
1157
 58.4
57.5
54.5
 13.3
12.0
12.6
 8.0
7.2
8.7
 13.1
9.7
11.1
 9.2
8.9
8.9
 10.2
11.2
8.5
 10.7
10.5
10.8
 10.0
10.6
8.6
 6.3
7.9
8.7
 11.8
13.9
13.7
 7.5
8.0
8.3
GER-ERFa Ini
Mid
Fin
 209
1781
1162
 54.5
52.5
52.3
 12.9
12.0
12.7
 5.3
7.8
8.5
 12.0
10.7
10.6
 12.4
10.0
9.7
 10.0
8.8
10.0
 12.0
11.5
11.7
 6.7
10.0
8.5
 7.7
8.9
10.0
 12.9
11.1
10.5
 8.1
9.3
7.7
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
GER-HACa Ini
Mid
 2282
2163
 54.3
57.7
 11.1
12.2
 9.1
7.1
 11.2
10.0
 10.3
8.3
 11.4
11.2
 9.6
9.2
 8.8
10.0
 8.3
8.3
 11.9
14.2
 8.5
9.5
GER-KMSa Ini
Mid
 2337
2280
 56.6
61.2
 12.3
11.8
 7.5
6.9
 11.9
11.6
 8.9
8.3
 10.3
11.7
 9.7
9.8
 9.5
10.5
 9.1
6.9
 12.6
15.5
 8.2
6.8
GER-RDMc Ini 467 55.9 13.1 7.1 11.6 6.9 9.9 13.1 10.3 8.6 11.1 8.6
GER-RHNa Ini 3098 56.2 12.7 8.1 11.8 9.4 10.5 10.0 8.4 8.1 12.8 8.2
HUN-BUDa Ini
Mid
 1513
3007
 66.8
53.7
 15.5
11.2
 4.0
9.3
 13.9
10.8
 9.6
9.2
 11.8
11.3
 9.6
9.7
 11.4
10.0
 6.6
9.2
 14.3
10.4
 3.4
8.9
HUN-PECa Ini
Mid
 1684
3094
 57.5
52.5
 13.5
12.8
 8.1
7.7
 12.1
10.0
 8.6
9.6
 11.3
10.0
 10.9
13.5
 8.8
9.0
 7.8
8.7
 11.7
10.7
 7.1
8.1
ICE-ICEa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1733
1681
1796
 51.8
48.6
49.3
 10.0
10.4
10.1
 10.0
8.9
9.0
 11.3
9.6
10.1
 9.8
10.2
11.1
 10.8
9.3
9.9
 10.0
11.6
10.9
 9.9
10.4
9.5
 9.5
11.5
9.6
 9.9
8.9
9.7
 8.9
9.1
10.0
ISR-TELa Ini 1373 58.6 24.0 2.8 10.4 7.1 6.0 20.3 6.1 7.4 12.1 3.8
ITA-BRIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1623
1531
1644
 54.3
56.8
58.9
 18.1
16.3
16.4
 6.1
7.1
7.9
 9.7
10.3
12.1
 9.0
10.0
8.8
 6.0
8.8
9.2
 15.1
10.4
10.6
 7.9
10.1
10.8
 8.4
8.7
6.9
 12.6
11.4
10.4
 7.1
7.1
6.8
ITA-FRIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1844
1804
1770
 57.3
53.1
50.5
 12.5
11.7
11.4
 8.1
9.0
9.9
 9.2
10.1
9.8
 8.7
9.4
10.9
 11.2
11.0
9.1
 8.2
8.9
9.7
 12.4
10.4
9.3
 9.5
10.0
10.5
 12.1
9.9
11.0
 8.2
9.6
8.5
ITA-LATa Ini 1778 55.6 13.2 9.3 11.9 9.1 10.5 10.7 10.3 7.6 9.7 7.8
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
LTU-KAUa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1463
1762
1232
 65.7
62.2
61.9
 17.0
14.5
11.8
 7.2
7.9
6.9
 12.2
13.6
12.4
 7.5
7.5
7.4
 13.2
12.1
11.9
 8.0
8.7
9.3
 11.6
10.1
11.9
 6.2
7.5
7.4
 11.6
11.9
14.0
 5.5
6.1
7.2
MLT-MLTa Ini 1886 52.0 12.0 9.9 10.3 9.2 10.1 10.1 10.4 9.4 9.1 9.4
NEZ-AUCa Ini
Fin
 1587
1397
 49.8
50.2
 10.1
12.0
 10.2
11.1
 9.5
10.0
 11.0
9.4
 10.3
10.2
 9.6
8.9
 10.3
9.8
 10.0
9.2
 9.6
8.2
 9.5
11.2
POL-TARa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2677
1288
1310
 50.4
49.7
52.7
 10.2
9.2
10.8
 9.6
8.9
9.9
 10.3
10.1
10.7
 10.7
10.8
9.2
 10.6
9.8
11.1
 10.0
10.6
10.7
 9.2
10.5
9.8
 9.3
9.9
9.2
 10.0
10.1
10.4
 10.0
10.2
8.2
POL-WARa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2624
1418
1514
 51.4
50.1
52.0
 8.9
10.4
10.2
 9.1
8.7
9.0
 10.5
9.1
11.2
 11.2
10.2
10.4
 10.8
11.6
11.0
 9.7
11.3
10.1
 11.1
8.7
10.1
 9.9
10.1
9.4
 10.1
10.3
9.6
 8.7
9.6
9.0
ROM-BUCa Ini 1575 55.9 14.3 6.9 9.2 11.1 11.1 12.5 10.2 8.5 11.1 5.1
RUS-MOCa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1416
1201
1083
 63.7
59.5
54.4
 15.5
14.7
12.3
 6.1
6.7
9.0
 11.9
11.2
9.0
 7.6
7.4
8.1
 12.3
12.2
11.5
 8.6
10.1
10.5
 12.6
10.5
11.0
 7.1
8.1
8.4
 11.4
10.9
10.6
 6.9
8.2
9.6
RUS-MOIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1175
1209
1396
 68.1
64.9
60.2
 16.9
16.7
13.2
 5.7
7.3
6.6
 14.6
11.8
10.7
 7.4
6.7
7.8
 11.1
13.6
12.2
 5.9
8.0
10.2
 13.3
11.0
11.0
 6.7
6.5
8.3
 12.2
11.7
13.1
 6.2
6.5
6.9
RUS-MOIb Ini 2341 61.5 13.9 6.9 12.8 8.3 10.9 8.4 11.9 7.8 12.0 7.1
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
1578
1558
 55.3
48.7
50.3
 13.6
8.6
12.3
 8.3
9.9
9.2
 10.6
10.3
11.1
 9.1
10.9
10.4
 11.0
10.1
9.2
 10.2
9.9
11.4
 10.2
9.4
8.0
 8.2
9.6
9.1
 9.7
10.3
9.8
 8.9
11.0
9.6
RUS-NOCb Ini 2780 58.6 13.3 7.8 11.8 8.2 10.9 9.0 10.8 8.4 11.8 8.0
RUS-NOIa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1615
1689
1681
 48.9
50.8
49.8
 10.1
11.8
10.6
 10.0
9.4
8.3
 9.4
8.6
9.8
 9.6
8.3
9.7
 8.7
10.0
9.5
 12.0
12.3
11.5
 9.7
9.4
9.9
 8.5
9.4
9.9
 11.0
11.0
9.9
 11.0
9.8
10.8
SPA-CATa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2523
2910
3428
 48.9
51.8
49.4
 9.2
10.0
9.3
 10.5
10.4
10.2
 9.8
10.5
9.5
 10.1
10.1
10.3
 9.0
10.2
9.8
 10.2
9.9
11.6
 10.8
9.2
10.6
 9.8
9.0
8.3
 10.1
11.8
10.1
 10.5
8.8
10.3
SWE-GOTa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1368
1550
1612
 49.8
50.1
50.2
 9.0
9.5
11.3
 8.9
10.6
9.2
 11.1
11.0
11.4
 10.6
9.7
10.2
 10.2
10.4
8.9
 10.3
10.3
9.4
 11.4
10.1
9.3
 9.9
9.6
9.9
 8.0
9.1
9.4
 10.5
9.7
11.0
SWE-NSWa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1616
1554
1506
 48.9
49.7
50.5
 9.5
10.6
10.6
 8.2
10.2
9.6
 11.1
10.4
10.4
 11.2
9.6
9.8
 9.4
9.8
10.3
 10.1
11.6
11.0
 9.0
9.3
10.0
 10.7
9.7
9.5
 9.9
9.6
9.2
 10.9
9.2
9.6
SWI-TICa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1550
1454
1500
 49.4
56.5
51.9
 9.3
13.8
10.2
 10.3
6.9
10.8
 10.0
10.0
10.9
 10.1
8.0
9.9
 10.3
11.6
10.6
 9.8
12.3
9.5
 9.4
10.0
10.8
 10.0
8.7
9.3
 10.4
11.1
9.5
 10.4
7.5
8.6
SWI-VAFa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1625
1759
1544
 49.7
54.4
49.3
 10.3
12.7
9.6
 10.7
8.9
10.2
 10.7
11.1
10.9
 10.5
8.9
10.0
 8.9
9.9
8.5
 8.4
9.7
9.9
 10.8
10.5
9.2
 11.0
8.9
10.2
 9.0
10.3
11.1
 9.7
9.3
10.4
UNK-BELa Ini
Mid
Fin
 2345
2345
1996
 48.4
51.0
50.8
 9.5
10.4
10.4
 10.2
10.2
9.5
 9.5
10.7
9.5
 10.6
9.5
9.7
 10.2
9.6
10.8
 10.3
10.1
10.7
 9.3
9.3
10.5
 9.7
9.3
9.2
 9.9
10.9
9.6
 10.7
9.9
10.2
UNK-GLAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1242
1473
1816
 51.6
51.4
47.4
 10.0
12.0
9.7
 10.1
9.5
9.9
 10.9
9.1
9.9
 10.5
10.0
12.1
 10.2
9.8
9.4
 9.0
10.3
10.7
 10.4
9.5
9.6
 8.6
9.8
10.1
 10.1
10.9
8.8
 10.1
8.9
9.7
USA-STAa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1509
1565
1562
 51.5
53.2
50.8
 9.9
10.0
9.1
 10.3
11.2
10.5
 8.0
9.1
9.5
 8.0
7.6
8.5
 12.5
13.6
12.2
 11.5
8.4
10.7
 12.9
11.8
11.9
 8.9
8.2
8.6
 8.3
8.7
8.1
 9.9
11.4
10.9
YUG-NOSa Ini
Mid
Fin
 1575
1569
1270
 50.0
52.3
49.0
 10.3
11.3
8.8
 9.1
9.2
9.3
 9.3
10.5
10.1
 9.7
9.4
11.2
 12.3
9.9
10.6
 13.4
10.0
11.3
 8.5
10.8
10.2
 9.3
8.9
9.1
 9.7
9.7
9.3
 8.5
10.3
10.2
RUA Survey Total
no of
obs.		 Prop. (%)
even
values		 Proportional frequency (%)
of final digit
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9