Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

Findings and trends of the Scottish Health Survey 2015, providing information on the health of people living in Scotland.


Table 2.6 Symptoms of distress (using GHQ12), age-standardised, 2012-2015 combined, by presence of physical conditions and area deprivation

Aged 16 and over 2012-2015 combined
GHQ12 score Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
5 (least deprived) 4 3 2 1 (most deprived)
  % % % % %
No physical conditions a
0 68 68 69 70 65
1-3 22 22 20 20 20
4 or more 10 10 10 10 16
One or more physical conditions a
0 60 56 50 49 46
1-3 26 26 29 26 25
4 or more 14 18 21 25 29
Bases (weighted):
No physical conditions 2247 2310 1996 1964 1600
One or more physical conditions 1404 1508 1480 1574 1484
Bases (unweighted):
No physical conditions 1936 2318 2118 1777 1368
One or more physical conditions 1383 1741 1832 1645 1440

a The number of different conditions (see section 2.2.2)

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