Health Survey for England

The first in a series of annual health surveys designed to monitor trends in the nation's health, the aim of the 1991 Health Survey was to obtain information on important aspects of health relevant to cardiovascular disease and nutrition.

The Survey provides baseline data for a nationally representative sample and should enable the monitoring of progress towards some of the specific targets relating to cardiovascular disease, as part of the Health of the Nation initative.

The Survey also aimed to estimate the proportion of adults in England in whom specified cardiovascular related conditions have been identified; to estimate the prevalence of certain risk factors associated with these conditions; to see how different subgroups in the population vary in their likelihood of having specified conditions or risk factors; and to assess the frequency with which particular combinations of risk factors are found and in which groups they predominate.