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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 7.2 Doctor-diagnosed asthma, wheezed in last 12 months, and ever wheezed, 2014, by age and sex
| Aged 16 and over | 2014 | |||||||
| Respiratory symptoms and asthma | Age | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75+ | ||
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Males | ||||||||
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma | 23 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 |
| Wheezed in last 12 monthsa | 15 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 18 |
| Ever wheezed | 29 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 31 |
| Females | ||||||||
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma | 20 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 18 |
| Wheezed in last 12 monthsa | 16 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 18 |
| Ever wheezed | 27 | 23 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 24 | 30 |
| All | ||||||||
| Doctor-diagnosed asthma | 22 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 17 |
| Wheezed in last 12 monthsa | 16 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 18 |
| Ever wheezed | 28 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 30 |
| Bases (weighted): | ||||||||
| Males | 320 | 358 | 357 | 417 | 348 | 264 | 173 | 2237 |
| Females | 314 | 375 | 379 | 441 | 365 | 294 | 253 | 2421 |
| All | 634 | 733 | 736 | 859 | 713 | 558 | 426 | 4658 |
| Bases (unweighted): | ||||||||
| Males | 202 | 251 | 306 | 362 | 359 | 361 | 227 | 2068 |
| Females | 232 | 337 | 421 | 431 | 437 | 419 | 312 | 2589 |
| All | 434 | 588 | 727 | 793 | 796 | 780 | 539 | 4657 |
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