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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Any CVD/ any CVD or diabetes/ IHD/ IHD or stroke	NS-SEC of household reference person
	Managerial & professional	Intermediate	Small employers & own account workers	Lower supervisory & technical	Semi-routine & routine
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Observed
Any CVD	13.2	11.3	15.4	19.2	16.8
Any CVD or diabetes	15.9	16.1	17.3	22.3	20.2
IHD	4.1	5.2	5.2	10.0	10.1
IHD or stroke	5.9	7.0	7.7	12.1	11.6
Standardised
Any CVD	14.2	14.2	14.0	17.0	15.6
Any CVD or diabetes	17.2	20.0	15.7	19.9	18.6
IHD	4.6	6.9	4.8	8.3	9.2
IHD or stroke	6.6	9.2	6.8	10.0	10.5
Women
Observed
Any CVD	12.8	16.1	17.7	15.7	17.3
Any CVD or diabetes	15.0	18.6	18.6	20.2	20.5
IHD	2.6	5.3	5.0	7.4	8.7
IHD or stroke	3.9	7.1	6.0	9.8	11.3
Standardised
Any CVD	14.5	15.3	18.3	14.7	15.5
Any CVD or diabetes	17.0	17.8	19.1	19.3	18.5
IHD	3.4	4.7	5.8	6.9	7.2
IHD or stroke	5.3	6.0	6.6	9.3	9.6
Bases (weighted):
Men	1124	280	269	433	925
Women	1216	386	281	330	1073
Bases (unweighted):
Men	995	234	283	419	864
Women	1231	393	336	379	1185

a Types 1 and 2 combined
b Ischaemic heart disease, reported as doctor-diagnosed heart attack or angina

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