General Population Cohort (GPC)


SUMMARY OF ROUND 22 (2010-2011): population enumeration and survey participation
Round (Period) Items Notes
Round 23 (2010-2011) Protocol Title
Objectives in summary
Summary of the house-to-house Census
Characteristic Population(Male + Female) Females Males
Start and end date 11 Nov 2010 to 03 Nov 2011
#Households at end of round 703
#Residents present at round between 02 Jan 2012 – 29Jan2013 17,418 9,099(52.2%) 8,319(47.8%)
#New births 523 284(54.3%) 239(45.7%)
#In-migrants 2,024 1,135(56.1%) 889(43.9%)
#Out-migrants 1,603 883(55.1%) 720(44.9%)
#Deaths 141 63(44.7%) 78(55.3%)
Age range (in years) 0 - 106 0 - 94 0 -106
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 02 Feb 2011 to 24 Apr 2012
Eligibility criteria GPC Residents ≥13 years ≥13 years
#Households (participation % - % of all HHs with eligible participants that attended medical survey) 672
#participants (participation % - % of all eligible participants) 7,829 4,404(56.2%) 3,425(43.8%)
Age range (in years) (13 – 100) (13 – 94) (13 – 100)
HIV prevalence (95% CI) 593 (7.6%) 389(8.9%) 204(6.0%)
Tobacco use 640 (8.2%) 88(2.0%) 552(16.1%)
Ever consumed alcohol 2,785 (35.6%) 1,415(32%) 1,370(40%)
Hypertension 686 (11.2%) 439(11.7%) 247(10.4%)
Diabetes 73(1.2%) 41(1.1%) 32(1.3%)
High cholesterol level 296(4.8%) 202(5.4%) 94(4.0%)
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