Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report

References and notes

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3. See: www.healthscotland.com/equalities/health-inequalities/index.aspx

4. See: www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/outcome/inequalities

5. See: www.scotpho.org.uk/comparative-health/health-inequalities/introduction

6. See: www.healthscotland.com/about/index.aspx

7. See: www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/health/2012/nr_121213_health_inequalities.pdf

8. Leyland AH, Dundas R, McLoone P, Boddy FA. Inequalities in mortality in Scotland 1981-2001. Glasgow. 2007. See: www.inequalitiesinhealth.com/

9. See: www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Healthy-Living/Health-Inequalities

10. The Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee Report on Health Inequalities, 1st Report, Session 4. 2015. www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/85035.aspx

11. See: www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/TrendHealthOutcome

12. See: www.gov.scot/Publications/2008/11/20103815/0

13. See: www.gov.scot/resource/doc/229649/0062206.pdf

14. Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities (2013). Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 2014. www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/03/2561/0

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16. See: www.gov.scot/About/Performance/Strategic-Objectives/healthier

17. See: www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms

18. See: www.gcph.co.uk/assets/0000/2626/GCPH_Briefing_Paper_30web.pdf

19. See: www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/257007/0076309.pdf

20. Hotchkiss JW, Davies C, Gray L, Bromley C, Capewell S, Leyland AH. Trends in adult cardiovascular disease risk factors and their socio-economic patterning in the Scottish population 1995-2008: cross-sectional surveys. BMJ Open. 2011 Jan 1;1(1):e000176.

21. Adults aged 20 and over were asked about their alcohol consumption and smoking status during the face to face interview. For those aged 16 and 17 information was collected in a self-completion questionnaire, offering more privacy and reducing the likelihood of them concealing behaviour in front of other household members. At the interviewer's discretion, those aged 18 and 19 could answer the questions either face to face or via the self-completion booklet.

22. The definition of current smoker used in this report excludes cigar and pipe use, though this information is collected in the survey.

23. See endnote 21 for details of how the questions were asked. The questions about quit attempts and desire to quit not asked in the self-completion (space constraints).

24. Some of the items in the eating habits module have a longer time series, starting in 1995 or 1998, but a number of changes made over the years mean that the most consistent data are for the 2008-onwards period.

25. See: www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/GuidanceAnal

26. See: www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/SIMD/SIMDovertime

27. As these figures are based only on current smokers, they represent the prevalence of unsuccessful quit attempts.

28. Some activity was defined as: 60-149 mins/week of moderate physical activity, 30-74 mins/week vigorous physical activity, or an equivalent combination of these; low activity was defined as: 30-59 mins/week of moderate physical activity, 15-29 mins/week vigorous physical activity or an equivalent combination of these.