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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.

Aged 0-15	2015
Consumption of vitamin or mineral supplements	Age								Total
Consumption of vitamin or mineral supplements	0-1	2-3	4-5	6-7	8-9	10-11	12-13	14-15	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Boys
Taking any supplement	18	22	29	20	19	22	10	12	19
Taking supplement containing vitamin D	15	17	25	19	17	16	7	7	15
No supplements taken	82	78	71	80	81	78	90	88	81
Girls
Taking any supplement	12	23	25	27	19	19	9	11	19
Taking supplement containing vitamin D	9	20	24	23	17	15	9	7	16
No supplements taken	88	77	75	73	81	81	91	89	81
All children
Taking any supplement	15	23	27	23	19	21	10	11	19
Taking supplement containing vitamin D	13	19	25	21	17	15	8	7	16
No supplements taken	85	77	73	77	81	79	90	89	81
Bases (weighted):
Boys	98	87	92	97	88	105	83	75	725
Girls	68	105	107	82	81	75	93	84	695
All children	166	191	199	180	169	179	176	160	1420
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	100	94	99	102	98	94	77	71	735
Girls	73	105	106	87	83	68	81	82	685
All children	173	199	205	189	181	162	158	153	1420

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