These data are updated quarterly.
In general, data are available at 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th. . . visits.
Data were first collected in 1958 and continue to be collected.
The codes employed for all items are:
0 = No 1 = Yes 2 = Both 3 = Neither
This data set was created because the traditional BLSA Master File only stores the section scores for the Cornell Medical Index. The scores are the number of positive responses in the section. For example, a score for section A, hearing and vision, might be "3", but the user of the data would not know what three items had been answered "yes" by the participant.
Additional information is available at Data Type Details: Cornell Medical Index .
The SAS System 09:22 Friday, October 30, 1998 CONTENTS PROCEDURE Data Set Name: LIBRARY.INFOCMI Observations: 4026 Member Type: DATA Variables: 197 Engine: REMOTE Indexes: 0 Created: 16:17 Thursday, October 1, 1998 Observation Length: 1576 Last Modified: 16:17 Thursday, October 1, 1998 Deleted Observations: 0 Protection: Compressed: NO Data Set Type: Sorted: NO Label: -----Engine/Host Dependent Information----- Data Set Page Size: 31744 Number of Data Set Pages: 203 File Format: 607 First Data Page: 1 Max Obs per Page: 20 Obs in First Data Page: 4 Filename: DISK$BETA14:[BLS$CDS.BLS$SDF]INFOCMI.SASEB$DATA Host Format: AXP Disk Blocks Allocated: 12591 -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes----- # Variable Type Len Pos Label 3 CMI001 Num 8 16 Need glasses to read 4 CMI002 Num 8 24 Need glasses for distance 5 CMI003 Num 8 32 Eyesight often blacked out completely 6 CMI004 Num 8 40 Eyes continually blink or water 7 CMI005 Num 8 48 Often had bad pains in your eyes 8 CMI006 Num 8 56 Eyes often red or inflamed 9 CMI007 Num 8 64 Hard of hearing 10 CMI008 Num 8 72 Ever had a bad running ear 11 CMI009 Num 8 80 Have constant noises in your ear 12 CMI010 Num 8 88 Have toclear your throat frequently 13 CMI011 Num 8 96 Often feel a choking lump in your throat 14 CMI012 Num 8 104 Often troubled w/ bad spells of sneezing 15 CMI013 Num 8 112 Nose continually stuffed up 16 CMI014 Num 8 120 Suffer from a constantly running nose 17 CMI015 Num 8 128 At times had nose bleeds 18 CMI016 Num 8 136 Often catch severe colds 19 CMI017 Num 8 144 Frequenty suffer from heavy chest colds 20 CMI018 Num 8 152 Alway have to go to bed with a cold 21 CMI019 Num 8 160 Freq colds keep you miserable all winter 22 CMI020 Num 8 168 Get hay fever 23 CMI021 Num 8 176 Suffer from asthma 24 CMI022 Num 8 184 Troubled by constant coughing 25 CMI023 Num 8 192 Ever coughed up blood 26 CMI024 Num 8 200 Have severe soaking sweats at night 27 CMI025 Num 8 208 Ever had a chronic chest condition 28 CMI026 Num 8 216 Ever had tuberculosis 29 CMI027 Num 8 224 Ever live with anyone with tuberculosis 30 CMI028 Num 8 232 Doctor ever said BP was too high 31 CMI029 Num 8 240 Doctor ever said BP was too low 32 CMI030 Num 8 248 Ever have pains in heart or chest 33 CMI031 Num 8 256 Often bothered by thumping of the heart 34 CMI032 Num 8 264 Heart often race like mad 35 CMI033 Num 8 272 Often have difficulty breathing 36 CMI034 Num 8 280 Get out of breath before anyone else 37 CMI035 Num 8 288 Sometimes out of breath sitting still 38 CMI036 Num 8 296 Ankles often badly swollen 39 CMI037 Num 8 304 Cold hands or feet even in hot weather 40 CMI038 Num 8 312 Frequent cramps in your legs 41 CMI039 Num 8 320 Doctor ever said you have heart trouble 42 CMI040 Num 8 328 Heart trouble run in your family 43 CMI041 Num 8 336 Lost more than half of your teeth 44 CMI042 Num 8 344 Troubled by bleeding gums 45 CMI043 Num 8 352 Often had severe toothaches 46 CMI044 Num 8 360 Tongue usually badly coated 47 CMI045 Num 8 368 Appetite always poor 48 CMI046 Num 8 376 Usually eat . . . between meals 49 CMI047 Num 8 384 Always gulp your food in a hurry 50 CMI048 Num 8 392 Often suffer from an upset stomach 51 CMI049 Num 8 400 Usually feel bloated after eating 52 CMI050 Num 8 408 Usually belch a lot after eating 53 CMI051 Num 8 416 Often sick to your stomach 54 CMI052 Num 8 424 Suffer from indigeston 55 CMI053 Num 8 432 Severe stomach pains often double you up 56 CMI054 Num 8 440 Suffer from constant stomach trouble 57 CMI055 Num 8 448 Stomach trouble run in your family 58 CMI056 Num 8 456 Doctor ever said you had stomach ulcers 59 CMI057 Num 8 464 Suffer from freq loose bowel movements 60 CMI058 Num 8 472 Ever had severe bloody diarrhea 61 CMI059 Num 8 480 Ever troubled with intestinal worms 62 CMI060 Num 8 488 Constantly suffer from bad constipation 63 CMI061 Num 8 496 Ever had piles (hemorrhoids) 64 CMI062 Num 8 504 Ever had jaundice (yellow skin & eyes) 65 CMI063 Num 8 512 Ever had liver or gall bladder trouble 66 CMI064 Num 8 520 Joints often painfully swollen 67 CMI065 Num 8 528 Muscles & joints constantly feel stiff 68 CMI066 Num 8 536 Have severe pains in arms or legs 69 CMI067 Num 8 544 Crippled w/ severe rheumatism/arthritis 70 CMI068 Num 8 552 Rheumatism/arthritis run in your family 71 CMI069 Num 8 560 Weak or painful feet make life miserable 72 CMI070 Num 8 568 Back pains. . .hard to keep up w/ work 73 CMI071 Num 8 576 Troubled w/ serious disability/defomity 74 CMI072 Num 8 584 Skin sensitive or tender 75 CMI073 Num 8 592 Cuts usually stay open a long time 76 CMI074 Num 8 600 Face often get badly flushed 77 CMI075 Num 8 608 Sweat a great deal even in cold weather 78 CMI076 Num 8 616 Often bothered by severe itching 79 CMI077 Num 8 624 Skin often break out in a rash 80 CMI078 Num 8 632 Oftern troubled with boils 81 CMI079 Num 8 640 Suffer badly with freq severe headaches 82 CMI080 Num 8 648 Pressue/pain in head often. . .miserable 83 CMI081 Num 8 656 Headaches common in family 84 CMI082 Num 8 664 Have hot or cold spells 85 CMI083 Num 8 672 Often have spells of severe dizziness 86 CMI084 Num 8 680 Frequently feel faint 87 CMI085 Num 8 688 Fainted more than twice in life 88 CMI086 Num 8 696 Constant numbness/tingling in body part 89 CMI087 Num 8 704 Any part of body ever paralyzed 90 CMI088 Num 8 712 Ever knocked unconscious 91 CMI089 Num 8 720 At times had twitching of the face. . . 92 CMI090 Num 8 728 Ever have a fit or convulsion (epilepsy) 93 CMI091 Num 8 736 Anyone in family have fits/convulsions 94 CMI092 Num 8 744 Bite your nails badly 95 CMI093 Num 8 752 Troubled by stuttering or stammering 96 CMI094 Num 8 760 Sleep walker 97 CMI095 Num 8 768 Bed wetter 98 CMI096 Num 8 776 Bed wetter between 8 and 14 99 CMI097 Num 8 784 Periods painful|. . .wrong w/ genitals 100 CMI098 Num 8 792 Weak/sick w/ period|Gentitals painful 101 CMI099 Num 8 800 Lie down w/ period|Treated for genitals 102 CMI100 Num 8 808 Tense/jumpy w/ period|. . .have a hernia 103 CMI101 Num 8 816 Hot flashes|Passed blood urinating 104 CMI102 Num 8 824 Vaginal discharge|Trouble startng stream 105 CMI103 Num 8 832 Get up every night and urinate 106 CMI104 Num 8 840 Usually have to urinate frequently 107 CMI105 Num 8 848 Severe burning pain when urinating 108 CMI106 Num 8 856 Lose control of bladder 109 CMI107 Num 8 864 Ever had kidney or bladder disease 110 CMI108 Num 8 872 Often get spell of complete exhaustion 111 CMI109 Num 8 880 Working tire you out completely 112 CMI110 Num 8 888 Usually tired & exhausted in the morning 113 CMI111 Num 8 896 Every little effort tire you out 114 CMI112 Num 8 904 Constantly too tired & exhausted. . . 115 CMI113 Num 8 912 Suffer from severe nervous exhaustion 116 CMI114 Num 8 920 Nervous exhaustion run in family 117 CMI115 Num 8 928 Frequently ill 118 CMI116 Num 8 936 Frequently confined to bed by illness 119 CMI117 Num 8 944 Always in poor health 120 CMI118 Num 8 952 Considered a sickly person 121 CMI119 Num 8 960 Come from a sickly family 122 CMI120 Num 8 968 Pains/aches make it impossible to work 123 CMI121 Num 8 976 Wear out worrying about your health 124 CMI122 Num 8 984 Always ill and unhappy 125 CMI123 Num 8 992 Constantly made miserable by poor health 126 CMI124 Num 8 1000 Ever have scarlet fever 127 CMI125 Num 8 1008 Have rheumatic fever, growing pains. . . 128 CMI126 Num 8 1016 Ever have malaria 129 CMI127 Num 8 1024 Ever treated for anemia 130 CMI128 Num 8 1032 Ever treated for venereal disease 131 CMI129 Num 8 1040 Have diabetes (sugar disease) 132 CMI130 Num 8 1048 Doctor ever say you had a goiter 133 CMI131 Num 8 1056 Ever treated for tumor or cancer 134 CMI132 Num 8 1064 Suffer from any chronic disease 135 CMI133 Num 8 1072 Definitely under weight 136 CMI134 Num 8 1080 Definitely over weight 137 CMI135 Num 8 1088 Ever had varicose veins. . . 138 CMI136 Num 8 1096 Ever have a serious operation 139 CMI137 Num 8 1104 Ever have a serious injury 140 CMI138 Num 8 1112 Often have small accidents or injuries 141 CMI139 Num 8 1120 Difficulty falling or staying asleep 142 CMI140 Num 8 1128 Impossible to take a regular rest period 143 CMI141 Num 8 1136 Impossible to take daily exercise 144 CMI142 Num 8 1144 Smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day 145 CMI143 Num 8 1152 Drink > 6 cups of coffee or tea a day 146 CMI144 Num 8 1160 Take two or more alcoholic drinks a day 147 CMI145 Num 8 1168 Sweat/tremble during exams/questioning 148 CMI146 Num 8 1176 Nervous when approached by superior 149 CMI147 Num 8 1184 Work falls to pieces when boss watches 150 CMI148 Num 8 1192 Mixed up when you do things quickly 151 CMI149 Num 8 1200 Do things slowly. . .without mistakes 152 CMI150 Num 8 1208 Always get directions and orders wrong 153 CMI151 Num 8 1216 Strange people or places make you afraid 154 CMI152 Num 8 1224 Scared to be alone. . . 155 CMI153 Num 8 1232 Hard for you to make up your mind 156 CMI154 Num 8 1240 Wish you had someone to advise you 157 CMI155 Num 8 1248 Considered a clumsy person 158 CMI156 Num 8 1256 Bother you to eat anywhere but home 159 CMI157 Num 8 1264 Feel alone and sad at a party 160 CMI158 Num 8 1272 Usually feel unhappy and depressed 161 CMI159 Num 8 1280 Often cry 162 CMI160 Num 8 1288 Always miserable and blue 163 CMI161 Num 8 1296 Life look entirely hopeless 164 CMI162 Num 8 1304 Wish you were dead. . . 165 CMI163 Num 8 1312 Worrying continually get you down 166 CMI164 Num 8 1320 Worrying run in your family 167 CMI165 Num 8 1328 Things get on your nerves/wear you out 168 CMI166 Num 8 1336 Considered a nervous person 169 CMI167 Num 8 1344 Nervousness run in your family 170 CMI168 Num 8 1352 Ever had a nervous breakdown 171 CMI169 Num 8 1360 Anyone in family had a nervous breakdown 172 CMI170 Num 8 1368 Ever a patient in a mental hospital 173 CMI171 Num 8 1376 Any family patient in a mental hospital 174 CMI172 Num 8 1384 Extremely shy or sensitive 175 CMI173 Num 8 1392 Come from a shy or sensitive family 176 CMI174 Num 8 1400 Feelings easily hurt 177 CMI175 Num 8 1408 Criticism always upset you 178 CMI176 Num 8 1416 Considered a touchy person 179 CMI177 Num 8 1424 People usually misunderstand you 180 CMI178 Num 8 1432 Have to be on your guard. . . 181 CMI179 Num 8 1440 Always do things on sudden impulse 182 CMI180 Num 8 1448 Easily upset or irritated 183 CMI181 Num 8 1456 Go to pieces if dont control yourself 184 CMI182 Num 8 1464 Annoyances get on your nerves. . . 185 CMI183 Num 8 1472 Angry to have anyone tell you what to do 186 CMI184 Num 8 1480 People often annoy and irritate you 187 CMI185 Num 8 1488 Flare up if you cant have what you want 188 CMI186 Num 8 1496 Often get into a violent rage 189 CMI187 Num 8 1504 Often shake or tremble 190 CMI188 Num 8 1512 Constantly keyed up or jittery 191 CMI189 Num 8 1520 Sudden noises make you jump/shake badly 192 CMI190 Num 8 1528 Tremble. . .if someone shouts at you 193 CMI191 Num 8 1536 Scared by movements/noises at night 194 CMI192 Num 8 1544 Often awakened by frightening dreams 195 CMI193 Num 8 1552 Frightening thoughts keep coming back 196 CMI194 Num 8 1560 Often suddenly scared for no reason 197 CMI195 Num 8 1568 Often break out in a cold sweat 1 IDNO Num 8 0 2 VISIT Num 8 8
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