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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

2008

Longstanding illness
		% (p) / Mean	Sample size (un-weighted)	True standard error	95% confidence interval	Deft
Men	Limiting longstanding illness	23.3	2840	0.93	21.5-25.1	1.22
	Non-Limiting longstanding illness	15.2	2840	0.78	13.7-16.7	1.20
	No longstanding illness	61.5	2840	1.11	59.3-63.7	1.26
	Total with illness	38.5	2840	1.11	36.3-40.7	1.26
Women	Limiting longstanding illness	27.9	3623	0.87	26.1-29.6	1.13
	Non-Limiting longstanding illness	14.5	3623	0.67	13.2-15.8	1.10
	No longstanding illness	57.6	3623	1.01	55.7-59.6	1.18
	Total with illness	42.4	3623	1.01	40.4-44.3	1.18
Self-reported general health
Men	Very good/good	76.5	2840	0.95	74.6-78.3	1.25
	Fair	16.1	2840	0.81	14.5-17.7	1.23
	Bad/very bad	7.5	2840	0.52	6.4-8.5	1.09
Women	Very good/good	74.6	3622	0.83	72.9-76.2	1.10
	Fair	18.7	3622	0.72	17.3-20.2	1.07
	Bad/very bad	6.7	3622	0.44	5.8-7.6	1.03
GHQ12 score
Men	0	64.4	2569	1.12	62.2-66.6	1.24
	1-3	23.2	2569	0.99	21.3-25.2	1.24
	4 or more	12.4	2569	0.76	10.9-13.9	1.22
Women	0	57.7	3301	0.98	55.8-59.6	1.10
	1-3	25.2	3301	0.80	23.7-26.8	1.02
	4 or more	17.1	3301	0.72	15.7-18.5	1.05
WEMWBS mean score
Men		50.2	2539	0.20	49.8-50.6	1.26
Women		49.7	3248	0.16	49.4-50.0	1.06

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