Publication - Statistics

The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - volume 2: children

Published: 25 September 2012
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781780458427

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

Table 1.1 Self-assessed general health, 1998, 2003, 2008/2009 combined, 2010/1011 combined, by age and sex

Self-assessed general health^a	Age									Total
Aged 0-15	1998, 2003, 2008/2009 combined, 2010/2011 combined
Self-assessed general health^a	0-1	2-3	4-5	6-7	8-9	10-11	12-13	14-15	Total 2-15	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Boys
Very good
1998	n/a	57	64	63	64	63	58	48	60	n/a
2003	69	63	58	64	66	64	57	53	61	62
2008/2009	76	73	72	69	66	67	66	60	68	69
2010/2011	72	66	68	69	74	68	67	55	67	67
Good
1998	n/a	36	29	31	29	34	36	44	34	n/a
2003	26	30	33	27	28	27	34	39	31	31
2008/2009	21	24	26	25	28	27	28	34	27	27
2010/2011	22	28	26	28	22	26	31	40	29	28
Fair
1998	n/a	6	8	5	5	2	6	8	6	n/a
2003	3	7	8	6	4	7	7	7	7	6
2008/2009	2	3	2	5	5	6	5	5	5	4
2010/2011	5	5	5	3	5	6	3	4	4	4
Bad
1998	n/a	1	-	1	2	1	-	0	1	n/a
2003	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1
2008/2009	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	0	0
2010/2011	1	1	0	0	-	0	-	0	0	0
Very bad
1998	n/a	0	-	0	-	-	-	0	0	n/a
2003	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	1
2008/2009	1	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	0
2010/2011	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Very good/good
1998	n/a	94	92	94	93	97	94	92	94	n/a
2003	95	92	91	91	94	91	92	91	92	92
2008/2009	97	97	98	94	95	94	94	94	95	95
2010/2011	94	94	94	96	95	94	97	96	95	95
Very bad/bad
1998	n/a	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	n/a
2003	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
2008/2009	1	-	0	1	0	-	1	1	0	1
2010/2011	1	1	0	0	-	0	-	1	1	1
Girls
Very good
1998	n/a	62	64	59	57	66	58	52	60	n/a
2003	81	72	62	70	70	73	56	47	64	66
2008/2009	72	72	76	67	67	66	57	53	65	66
2010/2011	76	66	73	69	70	73	62	52	67	68
Good
1998	n/a	31	28	35	38	30	35	41	34	n/a
2003	15	24	31	26	25	22	35	46	30	28
2008/2009	25	24	20	27	27	30	38	39	29	29
2010/2011	22	29	24	26	25	24	34	39	28	27
Fair
1998	n/a	6	6	5	2	4	7	6	5	n/a
2003	3	2	7	4	5	4	8	7	5	5
2008/2009	3	4	3	4	5	3	4	6	4	4
2010/2011	1	3	3	3	5	3	3	8	4	3
Bad
1998	n/a	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	n/a
2003	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2008/2009	-	-	1	2	0	1	-	1	1	1
2010/2011	1	2	0	2	-	0	1	1	1	1
Very bad
1998	n/a	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	0	n/a
2003	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2008/2009	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
2010/2011	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	0	0
Very good/good
1998	n/a	93	92	94	96	95	92	93	94	n/a
2003	96	96	93	96	95	95	91	93	94	94
2008/2009	97	96	96	94	94	95	96	92	95	95
2010/2011	97	96	97	95	95	96	96	91	95	95
Very bad/bad
1998	n/a	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	n/a
2003	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
2008/2009	-	-	1	2	0	1	-	2	1	1
2010/2011	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
All children
Very good/good
1998	n/a	93	92	94	94	96	93	93	94	n/a
2003	95	94	92	94	95	93	91	92	93	93
2008/2009	97	96	97	94	94	95	95	93	95	95
2010/2011	96	95	96	96	95	95	96	94	95	95
Very bad/bad
1998	n/a	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	n/a
2003	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2008/2009	1	-	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
2010/2011	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
Bases (weighted):
Boys 1998	n/a	146	155	163	157	162	159	154	1096	n/a
Boys 2003	185	190	204	207	220	231	240	223	1515	1700
Boys 2008/2009	282	287	250	278	257	297	306	272	1946	2228
Boys 2010/2011	255	265	227	262	191	255	245	231	1677	1931
Girls 1998	n/a	139	149	156	149	153	153	147	1046	n/a
Girls 2003	174	195	187	226	178	238	220	204	1449	1623
Girls 2008/2009	280	250	253	240	269	295	282	259	1848	2128
Girls 2010/2011	246	238	241	207	218	261	232	203	1600	1846
All children 1998	n/a	286	305	319	306	315	312	301	2142	n/a
All children 2003	359	385	391	433	398	470	461	427	2964	3323
All children 2008/2009	562	537	503	518	526	592	588	531	3794	4356
All children 2010/2011	501	503	468	469	410	516	477	434	3277	3777
Bases (unweighted):
Boys 1998	n/a	308	261	279	281	284	292	282	1987	n/a
Boys 2003	191	204	210	208	217	193	219	213	1464	1655
Boys 2008/2009	284	276	254	282	271	278	289	271	1921	2205
Boys 2010/2011	278	286	243	271	201	236	219	224	1680	1958
Girls 1998	n/a	268	272	264	259	296	275	271	1905	n/a
Girls 2003	200	205	191	227	184	239	216	206	1468	1668
Girls 2008/2009	295	269	267	229	248	288	287	267	1855	2150
Girls 2010/2011	272	262	250	189	199	233	212	202	1547	1819
All children 1998	n/a	576	533	543	540	580	567	553	3892	n/a
All children 2003	391	409	401	435	401	432	435	419	2932	3323
All children 2008/2009	579	545	521	511	519	566	576	538	3776	4355
All children 2010/2011	550	548	493	460	400	469	431	426	3227	3777

a Percentage of children reporting their health in general as 'good' or 'very good' is part of the national mental health indicator set for children.

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Table 1.1 Self-assessed general health, 1998, 2003, 2008/2009 combined, 2010/1011 combined, by age and sex

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