HEOSTEB  
Did a doctor or nurse recommend treatment with medication for [^your / his / her]  
osteoporosis  
or 'thin bones'?  
1 Yes  
2 No  
IF whether recommended osteoporosis medication = yes [HeOsteb = 1]  
││  
││ HEOSTEC  
││ Did [^you / [^name]] take any of them?  
││ 1 Yes  
││ 2 No  
││  
││ HEOSTED  
││ Were these medicines recommended within 3 months of a doctor telling you that you had  
││ osteoporosis?  
││ 1 Yes  
││ 2 No  
││  
END OF FILTER  
END OF FILTER  
IF ((type of chronic condition at Last interview <> RESPONSE) AND (type of chronic condition =  
cancer)) OR ((type of chronic condition at Last interview = cancer) AND (whether confirms  
previous chronic condition = yes) AND (age first told had cancer at Last interview <>  
RESPONSE)) [((HeDiab (Last int) <> RESPONSE) AND (HeDiab = 5)) OR ((HeDiab (Last int) =  
5) AND (HeDiaD = 1) AND (HeAgg (Last int) <> RESPONSE))]  
HEAGG*  
Approximately how old [^were you / was [^name]] when [^you were / he was / she was] first  
told by a doctor that [^you / he / she] had cancer or a malignant tumour?  
INTERVIEWER: Enter age in years.  
Range: 0..110  
[CHECK HE38 - HE39]  
ELSE  
IF ((type of chronic condition = cancer) AND (type of chronic condition at Last interview =  
RESPONSE) AND NOT (type of chronic condition at Last interview = cancer)) [((HeDiab = 5)  
AND (HeDiab (Last int) = RESPONSE) AND NOT (HeDiab (Last int) = 5))]  
││  
││ HEAGGR*  
││ When in the last two years [^were you / was [^name]] first told by a doctor that [^you / he /  
││ she] had cancer or a malignant tumor?  
││ INTERVIEWER: Enter response in month and year. Enter month here.  
││ 01 January  
││ 02 February  
││ 03 March  
││ 04 April  
││ 05 May  
││ 06 June  
││ 07 July