The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health


Table 1.7 CIS-R anxiety and depression symptom scores, attempted suicide and deliberate self-harm, 2008/2009 combined, 2010/2011 combined, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over with a nurse visit
2008/2009 combined, 2010/2011 combined

Mental health problem Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
% % % % % % % %
Men
Depression symptom score
2008/2009
0 97 92 88 86 87 87 87 89
1 3 2 4 5 4 5 5 4
2 or more symptomsa - 5 8 10 9 7 8 7
2010/2011
0 87 82 86 78 83 86 91 84
1 7 14 10 15 11 9 6 11
2 or more symptomsa 7 4 4 7 5 4 3 5
Anxiety symptom score
2008/2009
0 93 87 83 87 87 88 88 87
1 6 8 8 4 7 6 2 6
2 or more symptomsb 1 6 9 10 6 6 9 7
2010/2011
0 86 85 88 83 89 93 96 87
1 5 7 5 8 4 1 3 5
2 or more symptomsb 9 8 8 9 7 7 1 8
Attempted suicide
2008/2009
No 99 99 94 97 95 98 98 97
Yes 1 1 6 3 5 2 2 3
2010/2011                
No 96 95 95 96 97 99 100 96
Yes 4 5 5 4 3 1 - 4
Deliberate self-harm
2008/2009
No 99 99 95 99 99 99 100 98
Yes 1 1 5 1 1 1 - 2
2010/2011                
No 95 100 96 99 99 100 100 98
Yes 5 - 4 1 1 - - 2
Women
Depression symptom score
2008/2009
0 85 80 85 82 78 91 85 84
1 6 8 4 6 9 4 6 6
2 or more symptomsa 8 12 11 12 12 5 9 10
2010/2011
0 83 78 73 79 81 80 85 79
1 11 13 14 11 14 15 10 13
2 or more symptomsa 6 9 13 10 5 6 5 8
Anxiety symptom score
2008/2009
0 76 80 74 77 79 85 81 78
1 16 11 14 10 6 10 9 11
2 or more symptomsb 8 9 12 12 15 5 10 11
2010/2011
0 89 70 78 77 84 88 86 81
1 6 15 8 9 9 6 7 9
2 or more symptomsb 5 14 14 15 7 6 7 10
Attempted suicide
2008/2009
No 93 91 92 96 94 98 97 94
Yes 7 9 8 4 6 2 3 6
2010/2011
No 95 94 89 93 94 99 99 94
Yes 5 6 11 7 6 1 1 6
Deliberate self-harm
2008/2009
No 93 93 94 97 99 100 100 96
Yes 7 7 6 3 1 0 - 4
2010/2011
No 94 96 94 99 98 99 100 97
Yes 6 4 6 1 2 1 - 3
All adults
Depression symptom scorec
2008/2009
0 91 86 86 84 83 89 86 86
1 5 5 4 5 7 5 5 5
2 or more symptomsa 4 9 10 11 10 6 9 8
2010/2011
0 85 80 79 78 82 83 87 82
1 9 13 12 13 13 12 9 12
2 or more symptomsa 6 7 9 8 5 5 4 7
Anxiety symptom scored
2008/2009
0 85 83 78 82 83 86 84 83
1 11 10 11 7 7 8 7 9
2 or more symptomsb 4 7 11 11 10 6 10 9
2010/2011
0 87 77 83 80 86 90 90 84
1 6 11 6 8 7 3 6 7
2 or more symptomsb 7 11 11 12 7 6 5 9
Attempted suicide
2008/2009
No 96 95 93 96 94 98 97 96
Yes 4 5 7 4 6 2 3 4
2010/2011
No 96 95 92 94 95 99 100 95
Yes 4 5 8 6 5 1 0 5
Deliberate self-harm
2008/2009
No 96 96 95 98 99 99 100 97
Yes 4 4 5 2 1 1 - 3
2010/2011
No 94 98 95 99 99 100 100 98
Yes 6 2 5 1 1 0 - 2
Bases (weighted):
Men 2008/2009 160 168 191 193 165 113 76 1066
Men 2010/2011 144 158 163 177 153 106 72 972
Women 2008/2009 150 167 206 205 175 131 121 1154
Women 2010/2011 138 158 178 192 161 120 111 1059
All adults 2008/2009 310 334 397 398 340 244 197 2220
All adults 2010/2011 282 316 341 369 314 226 183 2031
Bases (unweighted):
Men 2008/2009 64 103 164 173 198 171 101 974
Men 2010/2011 69 97 140 171 166 139 93 875
Women 2008/2009 101 146 233 210 245 186 125 1246
Women 2010/2011 87 151 188 249 195 156 129 1155
All adults 2008/2009 165 249 397 383 443 357 226 2220
All adults 2010/2011 156 248 328 420 361 295 222 2030

a Two or more symptoms indicate depression of moderate to high severity.
b Two or more symptoms indicate anxiety of moderate to high severity.
c Percentage of adults with a score of 2+ on depression section of CIS-R is part of the national mental health indicator set for adults.
d Percentage of adults with a score of 2+ on anxiety section of CIS-R is part of the national mental health indicator set for adults.

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