Yorkshire Health Study (YHS)
The YHS, originally known as the South Yorkshire Cohort, was introduced in 2014. It was aimed to be a longitudinal observational study of health and lifestyle in Yorkshire and the Humber, in England, United Kingdom, and to act as a platform for health research. Participants in the cohort are older than in the total Yorkshire and the Humber region, and the proportion of females in the sample is also higher than the population proportion. A total of 70,836 valid responses were received in total from the two waves of data collection, which represents 1.34% of the total population of 5.28 million of the Yorkshire and the Humberside Government Office Region, as measured in the 2011 Census.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
70,836 (participants)
Age at first data collection
16 - 85 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2014
Primary Institutions
University of Sheffield
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
University of Sheffield
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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