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Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report
Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2014, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.
Table 9.12 Proportion of children with BMI within the healthy range and prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, 1998 to 2014, by area deprivation
| Aged 2-15 with valid height and weight measurementsa | 1998 to 2014 | ||||||||
| BMI status (National BMI percentiles) | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| All children | |||||||||
| Within healthy rangeb | |||||||||
| 5th (least deprived) | 72 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 73 |
| 4th | 71 | 71 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 66 |
| 3rd | 65 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 71 |
| 2nd | 73 | 64 | 65 | 71 | 62 | 63 | 59 | 61 | 66 |
| 1st (most deprived) | 68 | 67 | 68 | 62 | 65 | 60 | 64 | 65 | 63 |
| At risk of overweight (not obese)c | |||||||||
| 5th (least deprived) | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| 4th | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 14 |
| 3rd | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 13 |
| 2nd | 12 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 16 |
| 1st (most deprived) | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 15 |
| At risk of overweight (including obesity)d | |||||||||
| 5th (least deprived) | 27 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 26 |
| 4th | 28 | 29 | 39 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 31 |
| 3rd | 35 | 38 | 30 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
| 2nd | 26 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 38 | 35 | 39 | 34 | 33 |
| 1st (most deprived) | 31 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 37 |
| At risk of obesitye | |||||||||
| 5th (least deprived) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 |
| 4th | 12 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| 3rd | 17 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 14 |
| 2nd | 14 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 17 |
| 1st (most deprived) | 17 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 22 |
| Bases (weighted): | |||||||||
| All children - 5th (least deprived) | 424 | 546 | 280 | 393 | 259 | 265 | 276 | 259 | 212 |
| All children - 4th | 366 | 520 | 308 | 397 | 283 | 300 | 229 | 274 | 272 |
| All children - 3rd | 331 | 399 | 219 | 354 | 234 | 308 | 278 | 262 | 252 |
| All children - 2nd | 369 | 483 | 226 | 348 | 213 | 183 | 252 | 278 | 220 |
| All children - 1st (most deprived) | 425 | 479 | 255 | 388 | 265 | 221 | 249 | 274 | 254 |
| Bases (weighted): | |||||||||
| All children - 5th (least deprived) | 727 | 519 | 258 | 387 | 219 | 237 | 283 | 244 | 218 |
| All children - 4th | 701 | 540 | 326 | 415 | 300 | 310 | 242 | 283 | 274 |
| All children - 3rd | 681 | 458 | 219 | 361 | 231 | 297 | 269 | 261 | 254 |
| All children - 2nd | 679 | 464 | 233 | 343 | 204 | 182 | 245 | 260 | 221 |
| All children - 1st (most deprived) | 696 | 442 | 254 | 375 | 277 | 243 | 235 | 260 | 243 |
a Children whose BMI was more than 7 standard deviations above or below the norm for their age were excluded from the table
b BMI above 2nd percentile, below 85th percentile
c BMI at or above 85th percentile, below 95th percentile
d BMI at or above 85th percentile
e BMI at or above 95th percentile
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