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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Number of long-term conditions	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Number of long-term conditions
0	84	79	67	61	46	38	33	62
1	14	17	24	25	28	29	32	23
2 or more	3	4	10	15	25	32	35	15
Mean number of conditions ^a	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.6
Standard error of the mean	0.09	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.08	0.03
Women
Number of long-term conditions
0	82	71	70	58	45	34	29	58
1	15	22	20	27	30	33	32	25
2 or more	3	7	10	15	25	33	39	17
Mean number of conditions ^a	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.6
Standard error of the mean	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.02
Bases (weighted):
Men	464	481	563	555	480	327	218	3087
Women	445	487	616	591	504	384	350	3377
Bases (unweighted):
Men	246	317	460	535	525	453	304	2840
Women	334	451	648	632	632	516	410	3623

a Mean number of conditions is based on those with a long-term condition

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