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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over with both valid height and weight measurements
2008

BMI (kg/m ²) and BMI status	Equivalised annual household income quintile
	1 ^st (highest)	2 ^nd	3 ^rd	4 ^th	5 ^th (lowest)
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Observed
25 and over (overweight / obese / morbidly obese)	71.8	72.9	63.5	76.1	57.4
30 and over (obese / morbidly obese)	24.9	28.4	26.1	31.2	20.7
40 and over (morbidly obese)	1.0	0.9	1.5	2.0	1.6
Mean	27.5	27.6	27.2	28.1	26.4
Standard error of the mean	0.23	0.25	0.30	0.32	0.33
Standardised
25 and over (overweight / obese / morbidly obese)	73.0	72.1	65.5	73.4	59.0
30 and over (obese / morbidly obese)	28.1	27.2	26.8	27.8	21.7
40 and over (morbidly obese)	1.0	0.8	1.6	1.9	1.7
Mean	27.7	27.5	27.4	27.6	26.6
Standard error of the mean	0.24	0.25	0.29	0.39	0.30
Women
Observed
25 and over (overweight / obese / morbidly obese)	53.7	63.7	66.1	69.0	60.9
30 and over (obese / morbidly obese)	20.1	27.6	29.8	35.0	28.4
40 and over (morbidly obese)	1.6	2.9	3.3	4.6	3.9
Mean	26.3	27.5	27.8	28.4	27.5
Standard error of the mean	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.29	0.35
Standardised
25 and over (overweight / obese / morbidly obese)	55.1	64.4	67.0	66.7	60.9
30 and over (obese / morbidly obese)	21.6	28.5	30.7	34.0	28.8
40 and over (morbidly obese)	1.1	2.9	3.4	5.0	4.3
Mean	26.3	27.6	27.9	28.3	27.6
Standard error of the mean	0.31	0.29	0.30	0.33	0.38
Bases (weighted):
Men	588	511	536	373	366
Women	533	501	519	459	472
Bases (unweighted):
Men	475	487	467	408	346
Women	506	540	542	543	519

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