Table 2 Summary description of NCDs risk factors and environmental determinants of health
Risk factors and SDH | Description | Categorisation |
|---|---|---|
NCDs risk factors | ||
 Currently smoking | Self-reported use of any kind of tobacco product, including cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, either daily or occasionally | 1 = adults that smoke daily or occasionally within the week 0 = adults that do not smoke at alla |
 Heavy episodic alcohol drinking | Self-reported consumption of at least 4 (for women) or 5 (for men) standard alcoholic drinks on a single drinking occasion on at least 1 day of the preceding week. | 1 = consuming at least 4 (for women) or 5 (for men) standard alcoholic drinks on a single occasion on at least 1 day of the previous weekb 0 = otherwise |
 Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption | Self-reported consumption of less than 5 total servings of fruit and vegetable per day (a consumption of less than 400 g per day) | 1 = adults consuming less than 5 total servings of fruit and vegetable per dayc 0 = otherwise |
 Physical inactivity | Self-reported physical activity of less than: (i) 150 min of moderate–intensity activity per week; (ii) 75 min of vigorous–intensity activity per week; (iii) the recommended minimum of at least 600 metabolic equivalents-minutes (MET– minutes) per week | 1 = an adult that does not meet any of the minimums in (i), (ii) or (iii) as described for self-reported physical activityd 0 = otherwise |
Environmental determinants of health | Â | |
 Unimproved drinking-water sources | Self-reported use of any unimproved sources of drinking-water such as an unprotected spring or dug well, a cart with small tank/drum, tanker truck and surface water (river, dam, lake, stream, canal, irrigation channels) | 1 = adult in a household that uses an unimproved source of drinking watere 0 = otherwise |
 Unimproved sanitation | Self-reported use of any unimproved sanitation facilities, including flush or pour-flush to elsewhere, pit latrine with slab or open pit, bucket, hanging toilet or hanging latrine and no facilities or bush or field (open defecation) | 1 = adult in a household that uses an unimproved sanitation facilitye 0 = otherwise |
 Unclean cooking source | Self-reported use of any unclean fuel for cooking (non-biomass fuels) ranging from coal, charcoal, wood, crop residues or dung | 1 = adult in a household that uses an unclean cooking sourcef/ biomass fuel 0 = otherwise |