Figure 1Korea Community Health Survey (KCHS) Conducting System. KCDC = Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Figure 2Replacing sample households.
Figure 3(A) Interview survey situation and (B) CAPI equipments. CAPI = computer-assisted personal interview.
Figure 4Korea Community Health Survey Report (2013).
Table 1Korea Community Health Survey Contents.
Category |
Survey contents |
Household survey |
Household types, housing types, annual income |
Health behavior |
Health level, smoking, drinking, safety consciousness, exercise and physical activities, dietary life and nutrition, obesity and weight control, oral health, mental health |
Vaccination and health checkup |
Influenza vaccination, health checkup, cancer screening |
Contraction of diseases |
Experience of diagnosis of major diseases, disease care type |
Medical care utilization |
Using medical institutions and reason for non-treatment |
Accidents and addiction |
Experience and frequency of accidents and addiction |
Activity limitation and quality of life |
Number of activity limitation days, quality of life (EQ 5D, EQ-VAS) |
Health and medical institution utilization |
Using health and medical institutions or not and service using types |
Education and economic activity |
Occupation, civil status, education level |
Table 2Application to the fifth community health and medical care plans (2011–2013) of KCHS.
Division |
Subdivision |
Community health survey index |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
Priority project of the community health and medical care plan |
Health status and behavior |
Smoking |
Current smoking |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Anti-smoking project |
Lifetime smoking |
✓ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
attempt to quit smoking |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Plan to quit smoking within 1 mo |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Experience of anti-smoking campaign |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Drinking |
Lifetime drinking |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Regional specialized health behavior improvement project |
High risk drinking |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Physical activity |
Over-moderate physical activity practice |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Regional specialized health behavior improvement project |
Walking exercise practice |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Obesity Control |
Subjective obesity recognition |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Regional specialized health behavior improvement project |
obesity population |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
attempt to control weight |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Oral health |
Mastication trouble complaint (>65 y) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Oral health project |
Practice of toothbrushing after lunch |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mental health |
Subjective stress recognition |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Mental health project |
Experience of depression |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Contemplating suicide |
✓ |
✓ |
— |
— |
— |
✓ |
Security consciousness |
Wearing seatbelt while driving |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
— |
Wearing seatbelt when sitting on the front passenger seat |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
— |
Diseases and injuries |
Vaccination |
Influenza vaccination |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Infectious disease prevention project |
Non-infectious disease |
Checkup (cancer screening) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
— |
✓ |
— |
Cancer control project |
Taking a health checkup |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
— |
✓ |
✓ |
Health checkup project |
High blood pressure prevalence * |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Cardio/cerebrovascular disease prevention project |
Diabetes prevalence * |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Stroke prevalence * |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Angina prevalence * |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Myocardial infarction prevalence * |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Injuries |
Accidents and intoxication incidence |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
— |