Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators - October 2013
Annual update of the 'Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities' headline indicators.
Healthy birthweight
Summary
- Inequalities, in both relative and absolute terms, have been low and stable since 1998.
The healthy birthweight indicator is included in this report for the first time in 2013.
A baby is considered to be of healthy birthweight (a weight appropriate for its gestational age) when it lies between the 5th and 95th centile for weight at its gestational age. Centiles are derived from Scottish data on births between the years 1998 and 2003.
There are slightly more cases of healthy birthweight in the least deprived areas than in the most deprived (91% and 89% respectively, in 2011). However, since 1998, the levels of both relative and absolute inequality have been low and stable. Note that data for 2011 are provisional.
Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available
Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time
Absolute range over time
Scale / context
| Number of healthy BW babies |
Target population size (live singleton births) |
Percentage |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |
49,401 |
54,982 |
89.8 |
| 1999 |
47,240 |
52,607 |
89.8 |
| 2000 |
45,516 |
50,927 |
89.4 |
| 2001 |
44,526 |
49,632 |
89.7 |
| 2002 |
43,323 |
48,375 |
89.6 |
| 2003 |
43,856 |
48,945 |
89.6 |
| 2004 |
45,462 |
50,879 |
89.4 |
| 2005 |
45,194 |
50,538 |
89.4 |
| 2006 |
46,481 |
51,815 |
89.7 |
| 2007 |
49,176 |
54,836 |
89.7 |
| 2008 |
50,943 |
56,732 |
89.8 |
| 2009 |
50,115 |
55,868 |
89.7 |
| 2010 |
50,310 |
55,767 |
90.2 |
| 2011p |
49,589 |
55,256 |
89.7 |
Contact
Email: Craig Kellock
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