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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 7.13 Phlegm and breathlessness (age-standardised), 2012/2014 combined, by smoking status and sex
| Aged 16 and over | 2012/2014 combined | |||
| Phlegm and breathlessnessa |
Smoking statusa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never smoked / smoked occasionally |
Ex-regular smoker |
Smokes fewer than 20 a day |
Smokes 20 or more a day |
|
| % | % | % | % | |
| Men | ||||
| Phlegmb | 5 | 8 | 23 | 35 |
| Any breathlessness | 13 | 19 | 26 | 36 |
| Women | ||||
| Phlegmb | 4 | 8 | 16 | 34 |
| Any breathlessness | 20 | 27 | 35 | 48 |
| All adults | ||||
| Phlegmb | 5 | 8 | 20 | 34 |
| Any breathlessness | 17 | 23 | 30 | 41 |
| Bases (weighted): | ||||
| Men | 1178 | 507 | 369 | 160 |
| Women | 1365 | 535 | 388 | 131 |
| All adults | 2543 | 1042 | 757 | 292 |
| Bases (unweighted): | ||||
| Men | 1011 | 575 | 307 | 154 |
| Women | 1428 | 625 | 402 | 142 |
| All adults | 2439 | 1200 | 709 | 296 |
a These items are from the MRC Respiratory Questionnaire
b Excludes cases where respondent did not know how many they smoked a day
c Produced phlegm from the chest on most days for at least three months of the year
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