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Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report
Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.
Table 8.5 GHQ12 scores, 2016, by age and sex
| Aged 16 and over | 2016 | ||||||||
| GHQ12 scorea | Age | Total | |||||||
| 16-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75+ | |||
| Men | |||||||||
| 0 | 62 | 62 | 66 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 61 | 65 | |
| 1-3 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 22 | |
| 4 or more | 18 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | |
| Women | |||||||||
| 0 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 56 | 63 | 67 | 52 | 58 | |
| 1-3 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 25 | |
| 4 or more | 20 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 17 | |
| All Adults | |||||||||
| 0 | 58 | 58 | 62 | 59 | 65 | 69 | 55 | 61 | |
| 1-3 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 29 | 23 | |
| 4 or more | 19 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 15 | |
| Bases (weighted): | |||||||||
| Men | 261 | 301 | 301 | 325 | 301 | 230 | 146 | 1865 | |
| Women | 262 | 322 | 306 | 375 | 317 | 258 | 198 | 2039 | |
| All adults | 523 | 623 | 607 | 701 | 618 | 488 | 344 | 3904 | |
| Bases (unweighted): | |||||||||
| Men | 154 | 195 | 249 | 298 | 330 | 303 | 181 | 1710 | |
| Women | 182 | 301 | 320 | 406 | 396 | 370 | 234 | 2209 | |
| All adults | 336 | 496 | 569 | 704 | 726 | 673 | 415 | 3919 | |
a GHQ 12 scores range from 0 to 12. Scores of 4 or more indicate low wellbeing / possible psychiatric disorder
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