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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Published: 29 September 2009
ISBN: 9780755981076

Table 1.10 Age distribution of responding adult sample compared with 2008 mid-population estimates for Scotland, by health board and sex

Responding adults aged 16 and over
2008

Age	Health survey responding adult sample
	Men		Women
	At interview	Mid-2008 population estimates ^a	At interview	Mid-2008 population estimates
	%	%	%	%
Ayrshire & Arran
16-24	9	15	9	13
25-34	8	13	10	12
35-44	16	18	16	18
45-54	15	18	19	18
55-64	22	17	20	16
65-74	22	12	16	13
75+	7	8	10	11
All	45	47	55	53
Base	155	141	191	158
Borders
16-24	4	12	5	11
25-34	5	11	9	11
35-44	16	19	15	18
45-54	18	19	20	18
55-64	26	18	20	17
65-74	19	13	17	13
75+	14	9	14	12
All	40	48	60	52
Base:	148	44	226	47
Dumfries and Galloway
16-24	10	13	15	11
25-34	12	10	10	10
35-44	10	17	20	17
45-54	19	18	19	18
55-64	22	19	15	18
65-74	21	14	11	14
75+	6	10	10	13
All	46	48	54	52
Base:	105	58	124	64
Fife
16-24	10	15	6	13
25-34	7	14	13	13
35-44	15	18	14	18
45-54	23	18	19	17
55-64	16	16	17	16
65-74	15	11	17	12
75+	14	7	13	11
All	43	48	57	52
Base:	281	138	374	151
Forth Valley
16-24	4	15	5	13
25-34	11	14	10	14
35-44	20	19	19	19
45-54	16	18	19	17
55-64	24	16	21	16
65-74	15	11	18	12
75+	10	7	9	10
All	47	48	53	52
Base:	122	110	140	121
Grampian
16-24	11	14	9	13
25-34	11	16	12	14
35-44	17	19	19	19
45-54	17	19	20	18
55-64	19	16	18	15
65-74	13	10	11	11
75+	11	7	10	10
All	44	49	56	51
Base:	333	213	417	220
Greater Glasgow & Clyde
16-24	7	16	12	14
25-34	16	18	15	16
35-44	17	18	18	18
45-54	19	18	15	17
55-64	13	14	15	13
65-74	16	9	14	11
75+	11	6	13	10
All	44	47	56	53
Base:	511	456	659	510
Highlands
16-24	4	13	5	10
25-34	9	12	12	11
35-44	17	17	16	18
45-54	13	19	16	18
55-64	19	18	20	18
65-74	24	12	19	13
75+	14	8	11	11
All	42	49	58	51
Base:	126	122	171	129
Lanarkshire
16-24	9	16	9	13
25-34	13	15	14	14
35-44	16	19	22	19
45-54	19	18	16	18
55-64	19	15	16	15
65-74	14	10	13	11
75+	9	6	11	9
All	43	47	58	53
Base:	238	213	322	237
Lothian
16-24	10	15	11	14
25-34	12	19	14	18
35-44	17	19	20	18
45-54	20	17	16	16
55-64	17	14	16	14
65-74	14	9	13	10
75+	11	6	10	9
All	47	48	53	52
Base:	342	315	380	347
Orkney
16-24	10	13	13	11
25-34	15	11	9	11
35-44	20	18	23	18
45-54	18	19	21	18
55-64	23	18	18	17
65-74	11	13	10	14
75+	5	8	6	11
All	47	49	53	51
Base:	102	8	114	8
Shetland
16-24	15	13	10	11
25-34	6	14	10	14
35-44	15	19	19	19
45-54	26	19	22	18
55-64	21	18	16	16
65-74	11	11	10	12
75+	6	7	13	11
All	44	51	56	49
Base:	100	9	125	9
Tayside
16-24	8	15	10	13
25-34	12	14	14	13
35-44	13	16	13	17
45-54	19	17	14	17
55-64	21	16	22	16
65-74	14	12	16	12
75+	13	9	13	12
All	42	48	58	52
Base:	195	153	272	168
Western Isles
16-24	8	12	9	9
25-34	7	11	9	11
35-44	18	17	21	17
45-54	17	19	16	17
55-64	15	19	18	17
65-74	25	13	18	14
75+	10	9	9	14
All	44	49	56	51
Base:	84	11	108	11

a 2008 private household population for Scotland (Source: GRO Scotland). Base shown in thousands.

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Table 1.10 Age distribution of responding adult sample compared with 2008 mid-population estimates for Scotland, by health board and sex

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