General Population Cohort (GPC)


SUMMARY OF ROUND 20 (2008-2009): population enumeration and survey participation
Round (Period) Items Notes
11 Nov 2008 to 4 Sept 2009 Protocol Title
Objectives in summary
Summary of the house-to-house Census
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date 11 Nov 2008 to 4 Sept 2009
#Households at end of round 677
#Residents present at round between 02 Jan 2012 – 29Jan2013 15,876 8,208 (51.7%) 7,668 (48.3%)
#New births
#In-migrants 1,722 930 (54.0%) 792 (46.0%)
#Out-migrants 1,762 924 (52.4%) 838 (47.6%)
#Deaths 162 73 (45.1%) 89 (54.9%)
Age range (in years) 0 – 104 0 – 104 0 – 99
Figure 1: Overall population pyramid (age-sex distribution, counts and percent)
Summary of the adult medical survey
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date Dec 2008 to Oct 2009
Eligibility criteria GPC Residents ≥13 years ≥13 years
#Eligible for medical survey*
#Households (participation % - % of all HHs with eligible participants that attended medical survey) 626
#participants (participation % - % of all eligible participants) 6,686 3,959 (59.2%) 2,727 (40.8%)
Age range (in years) 13 - 96 13 - 96 13 - 96
HIV prevalence (95% CI) 251 (4.2%) 171 (4.81%) 80 (3.3%)
Average Systolic blood pressure : median(IQR) 124 (114; 135) 123 (114; 134) 125 (114; 136)
Average Diastolic blood pressure : median(IQR) 78 (70; 85) 78 (71; 85) 78 (70; 85)
Diabetes 19/6,667 (0.3%) 10 (0.3%) 9 (0.3%)
Hypertension 266 /6,665 (4.0%) 216 (5.5%) 50 (1.9%)
Disturbance in behaviour, thoughts or speech 57/6,640 (0.9%) 28 (0.7%) 29 (1.1%)
Smoker 407/ 6,673 34 (0.9%) 373 (13.7%)
Summary of child medical survey
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Eligibility criteria GPC Residents
#Households participating (%)
#participants
HIV positive (95% CI)
How to request for data

Meta data for the GPC data can be accessed using the Persistent identifier https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003702