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Table 3 Prevalences of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and asthma by different data sources in the Finnish case study

From: Cross-national comparisons of health indicators require standardized definitions and common data sources

Indicator

Data source

Self-reported information on survey questionnaire

Objective measurement during the health survey

Self-reported or measured in survey

Register based data

Obesity

21.7%

25.4%

26.1%

2.7%

Elevated blood pressure or hypertension

24.2%

35.5%

45.5%

16.8%

Diabetes

7.1%

6.1%

8.9%

8.5%

Asthma

8.9%

8.9%

9.5%