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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 7.1 Doctor-diagnosed asthma, wheezed in last 12 months, and ever wheezed, 1998 to 2014, by age and sex
| All persons | 1998 to 2014 | |||||
| Respiratory symptoms and asthma | 1998 | 2003 | 2008/ 2010 combined |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Males | ||||||
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 20 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
| 2-15 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
| 16-74 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| 16+ | n/a | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Wheezed in last 12 monthsa | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13 |
| 2-15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 |
| 16-74 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 |
| 16+ | n/a | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| Ever wheezed | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 29 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| 2-15 | 27 | 30 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
| 16-74 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 30 |
| 16+ | n/a | 27 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 31 |
| Females | ||||||
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
| 2-15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
| 16-74 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 16+ | n/a | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| Wheezed in last 12 monthsa | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 2-15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 16-74 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 18 |
| 16+ | n/a | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| Ever wheezed | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 20 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 20 |
| 2-15 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 22 |
| 16-74 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 31 |
| 16+ | n/a | 26 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 30 |
| All | ||||||
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| 2-15 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| 16-74 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| 16+ | n/a | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| Wheezed in last 12 monthsa | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
| 2-15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| 16-74 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| 16+ | n/a | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Ever wheezed | ||||||
| 0-15 | n/a | 25 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 22 |
| 2-15 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 |
| 16-74 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 31 |
| 16+ | n/a | 26 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 30 |
| Bases (weighted): | ||||||
| Males 0-15 | n/a | 1700 | 960 | 914 | 939 | 852 |
| Males 2-15 | 1096 | 1515 | 841 | 803 | 830 | 743 |
| Males 16-74 | 4420 | 3588 | 2068 | 2136 | 2164 | 2064 |
| Males 16+ | n/a | 3847 | 2228 | 2309 | 2343 | 2237 |
| Females 0-15 | n/a | 1622 | 917 | 873 | 899 | 815 |
| Females 2-15 | 1046 | 1447 | 786 | 760 | 788 | 720 |
| Females 16-74 | 4576 | 3821 | 2178 | 2243 | 2282 | 2168 |
| Females 16+ | n/a | 4290 | 2432 | 2506 | 2546 | 2421 |
| All children 0-15 | n/a | 3322 | 1877 | 1786 | 1838 | 1667 |
| All children 2-15 | 2142 | 2963 | 1627 | 1563 | 1618 | 1462 |
| All adults 16-74 | 8996 | 7409 | 4247 | 4380 | 4446 | 4232 |
| All adults 16+ | n/a | 8137 | 4660 | 4815 | 4889 | 4658 |
| Bases (weighted): | ||||||
| Males 0-15 | n/a | 1655 | 994 | 879 | 947 | 842 |
| Males 2-15 | 1987 | 1464 | 867 | 764 | 819 | 730 |
| Males 16-74 | 3938 | 3277 | 1801 | 1902 | 1920 | 1841 |
| Males 16+ | n/a | 3603 | 1999 | 2127 | 2137 | 2068 |
| Females 0-15 | n/a | 1667 | 883 | 907 | 891 | 825 |
| Females 2-15 | 1905 | 1467 | 746 | 785 | 763 | 730 |
| Females 16-74 | 5104 | 4043 | 2360 | 2362 | 2446 | 2277 |
| Females 16+ | n/a | 4536 | 2659 | 2688 | 2752 | 2589 |
| All children 0-15 | n/a | 3322 | 1877 | 1786 | 1838 | 1667 |
| All children 2-15 | 3892 | 2931 | 1613 | 1549 | 1582 | 1460 |
| All adults 16-74 | 9042 | 7320 | 4161 | 4264 | 4366 | 4118 |
| All adults 16+ | n/a | 8139 | 4658 | 4815 | 4889 | 4657 |
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