Quality Assessment of Data on Blood Pressure in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 11.Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure Digit Preference Scores (DPS) for single readings and the means of first and second readings and Terminal Digit Preference Score (TDP) (see Section 7.4 and Table 10)
RUASurveyDigit Preference score (DPS)TDP
SBPDBP
singlemeansinglemean
AUS-NEWaIni
Mid
Fin
 26
17
9
 2
3
2
 19
21
11
 3
3
2
 0
0
1
AUS-PERaIni
Mid
Fin
 4
5
35
 4
4
9
 5
7
55
 5
4
31
 2
2
0
AUS-PERbMid
Fin
 10
34
 3
10
 9
56
 3
33
 1
0
BEL-CHAaIni
Mid
Fin
 4
5
7
 4
3
3
 9
11
10
 4
6
3
 2
1
2
BEL-GHEaIni
Mid
Fin
 5
3
3
 4
3
3
 12
6
4
 3
3
3
 1
2
2
BEL-LUXaIni 11 1 7 2 1
CAN-HALaIni
Fin
 3
3
 3
4
 2
4
 4
4
 2
2
CHN-BEIaIni
Mid
Fin
 9
8
4
 8
5
3
 15
8
8
 13
4
2
 1
2
2
CZE-CZEaIni
Mid
Fin
 96
64
12
 45
31
6
 94
63
13
 45
33
8
 0
0
1
RUASurveyDigit Preference score (DPS)TDP
SBPDBP
singlemeansinglemean
DEN-GLOaIni
Mid
Fin
 5
6
12
 3
4
4
 11
7
17
 5
4
8
 1
2
1
FIN-KUOaIni
Mid
Fin
 4
3
7
 3
3
2
 6
2
7
 4
2
4
 2
2
2
FIN-NKAaIni
Mid
Fin
 3
2
2
 2
1
3
 6
4
3
 3
3
3
 2
2
2
FIN-TULaIni
Mid
Fin
 5
3
6
 3
3
3
 9
3
3
 4
3
5
 2
2
2
FRA-LILaIni
Fin
 43
18
 14
7
 61
26
 31
12
 0
0
FRA-STRaIni
Fin
 13
20
 8
7
 11
26
 8
10
 1
0
FRA-TOUaIni
Mid
Fin
 100
2
5
 54
5
4
 100
4
6
 56
4
3
 0
2
2
GER-AURaIni
Mid
Fin
 3
7
5
 2
2
2
 8
12
11
 2
2
2
 2
1
1
GER-AUUaIni
Mid
Fin
 3
4
6
 3
3
2
 10
6
8
 2
2
1
 2
2
2
RUASurveyDigit Preference score (DPS)TDP
SBPDBP
singlemeansinglemean
GER-BERaIni
Mid
 4
8
 4
9
 9
12
 4
10
 2
1
GER-BREaIni
Mid
Fin
 8
4
6
 2
4
3
 12
9
8
 2
3
2
 1
2
2
GER-BREbMid
Fin
 8
5
 3
2
 7
8
 2
2
 2
2
GER-COTaIni
Mid
 2
4
 5
2
 6
8
 5
5
 2
2
GER-EGEbIni
Mid
Fin
 5
5
22
 4
4
15
 5
9
19
 6
5
17
 2
2
0
GER-ERFaIni
Mid
Fin
 10
3
8
 8
3
5
 10
8
14
 10
5
9
 1
2
1
GER-HACaIni
Mid
 5
3
 3
3
 5
4
 2
3
 2
2
GER-KMSaIni
Mid
 5
5
 3
2
 7
9
 5
5
 2
2
GER-RDMaIni 6 5 10 5 1
GER-RHNaIni 6 2 8 3 2
RUASurveyDigit Preference score (DPS)TDP
SBPDBP
singlemeansinglemean
HUN-BUDaIni
Mid
 66
27
 59
8
 65
26
 58
14
 0
0
HUN-PECaIni
Mid
 26
57
 16
32
 32
63
 22
43
 0
0
ICE-ICEaIni
Mid
Fin
 18
17
9
 7
7
3
 20
21
14
 9
10
6
 1
0
1
ISR-TELaIni 71 43 55 30 0
ITA-BRIaIni
Mid
Fin
 17
6
6
 10
9
3
 12
9
5
 11
11
4
 1
1
2
ITA-FRIaIni
Mid
Fin
 30
21
15
 14
7
7
 24
18
20
 16
9
12
 0
0
1
ITA-LATaIni 12 7 11 7 1
LTU-KAUaIni
Mid
Fin
 23
3
6
 15
13
4
 22
5
7
 17
15
6
 0
1
2
MLT-MLTaIni 14 6 12 6 1
RUASurveyDigit Preference score (DPS)TDP
SBPDBP
singlemeansinglemean
NEZ-AUCaIni
Fin
 6
12
 3
3
 2
25
 2
3
 2
0
POL-TARaIni
Mid
Fin
 53
31
3
 49
21
5
 57
26
3
 53
17
7
 0
0
2
POL-WARaIni
Mid
Fin
 12
11
24
 5
6
16
 15
14
25
 6
7
18
 1
1
0
ROM-BUCaIni 38 15 36 20 0
RUS-MOCaIni
Mid
Fin
 5
9
5
 3
5
5
 6
4
3
 5
5
7
 2
2
2
RUS-MOIaIni
Mid
Fin
 4
7
12
 4
5
13
 4
3
11
 5
5
12
 2
2
1
RUS-MOIbIni 10 9 17 12 1
RUS-NOCaIni
Mid
Fin
 12
41
8
 8
32
6
 18
44
9
 10
33
8
 1
0
2
RUS-NOCbIni 11 7 16 10 1
RUASurveyDigit Preference score (DPS)TDP
SBPDBP
singlemeansinglemean
RUS-NOIaIni
Mid
Fin
 18
48
15
 9
28
12
 20
47
11
 12
29
13
 0
0
1
SPA-CATaIni
Mid
Fin
 2
7
2
 2
2
2
 4
4
4
 2
2
1
 2
2
2
SWE-GOTaIni
Mid
Fin
 13
20
11
 npc
2
3
 12
20
10
 npc
3
2
 1
0
1
SWE-NSWaIni
Mid
Fin
 8
4
4
 2
2
2
 8
3
8
 3
2
2
 2
2
2
SWI-TICaIni
Mid
Fin
 10
11
8
 3
14
3
 7
15
9
 3
16
2
 2
1
2
SWI-VAFaIni
Mid
Fin
 11
5
5
 1
4
3
 23
9
7
 3
3
3
 0
2
2
UNK-BELaIni
Mid
Fin
 7
4
15
 2
3
3
 10
7
20
 1
1
4
 1
2
1
UNK-GLAaIni
Mid
Fin
 9
4
3
 3
2
2
 9
6
3
 2
4
1
 2
2
2
USA-STAaIni
Mid
Fin
 3
4
4
 3
3
3
 3
4
2
 3
3
3
 2
2
2
YUG-NOSaIni
Mid
Fin
 37
16
7
 14
13
4
 38
22
12
 17
16
6
 0
0
1
RUASurveyDigit Preference score (DPS)TDP
SBPDBP
singlemeansinglemean
Single: uncorrected for random zero
Mean: corrected for random zero
In YUG-NOS kPa measurements
npc: not possible to calculate