The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - volume 2: children

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on child health.


Table 1.6 Prevalence of long-term conditions, 2008-2011 combined, by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and sex

Aged 0-15 2008-2011 combined
Total difficulties score Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation Quintile SIMD 85/15
5th
(least deprived)
4th 3rd 2nd 1st
(most deprived)
85% least deprived 15% most deprived
% % % % % % %
Boys
No long-term conditions 87 85 84 82 80 84 80
Limiting long-term conditions 5 6 7 8 11 7 11
Non-limiting long-term conditions 9 9 9 10 9 9 9
Total with conditions 13 15 16 18 20 16 20
Girls
No long-term conditions 89 88 85 86 84 87 83
Limiting long-term conditions 4 4 6 6 9 5 9
Non-limiting long-term conditions 7 8 8 8 7 8 8
Total with conditions 11 12 15 14 16 13 17
All children
No long-term conditions 88 86 84 84 82 85 82
Limiting long-term conditions 5 5 7 7 10 6 10
Non-limiting long-term conditions 8 9 9 9 8 9 9
Total with conditions 12 14 16 16 18 15 18
Bases (weighted):
Boys 817 911 767 813 848 3505 651
Girls 818 882 752 708 812 3341 631
All children 1635 1793 1519 1521 1660 6846 1282
Bases (unweighted):
Boys 761 926 798 788 887 3470 690
Girls 759 914 766 699 829 3306 661
All children 1520 1840 1564 1487 1716 6776 1351

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