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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report

Published
25 September 2018
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Topic
Health and social care
ISBN
9781787812178

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2017, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.

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Table 9.4 DSM-IV and PGSI scores for gambling in the last year, 2016/2017 combined, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over 2016/2017 combined
DSM-IV score / PGSI score Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
% % % % % % % %
Men
DSM-IV scores
Non problem gambler 98.4 97.4 97.6 98.8 99.2 99.8 99.7 98.6
Problem gambler 3 and above 1.6 2.6 2.4 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.3 1.4
PGSI scores
Non problem gambler/non gambler 91.4 88.2 87.8 95.1 95.5 98.2 98.8 92.9
Low risk gambler 5.7 6.7 7.0 2.9 2.9 0.9 0.6 4.2
Moderate risk gambler 1.5 4.1 3.9 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.8
Problem gambler 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.7 0.8 - 0.3 1.0
Women
DSM-IV scores
Non problem gambler 100.0 99.5 99.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8
Problem gambler 3 and above - 0.5 0.7 - - - - 0.2
PGSI scores
Non problem gambler/non gambler 98.2 98.0 98.5 98.1 99.5 100.0 99.0 98.7
Low risk gambler 1.8 1.3 0.7 1.3 0.3 - 1.0 0.9
Moderate risk gambler - 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.2 - - 0.3
Problem gambler - 0.2 0.3 - - - - 0.1
All adults
DSM-IV scores
Non problem gambler 99.2 98.4 98.5 99.4 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.2
Problem gambler 3 and above 0.8 1.6 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.8
PGSI scores
Non problem gambler/non gambler 94.7 93.1 93.2 96.7 97.6 99.2 98.9 95.9
Low risk gambler 3.8 4.0 3.9 2.0 1.6 0.4 0.8 2.5
Moderate risk gambler 0.8 2.3 2.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 1.0
Problem gambler 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 - 0.1 0.5
Bases (weighted):
Men DSM score 472 551 496 561 493 373 237 3184
Men PGSI score 472 543 495 557 491 370 236 3164
Women DSM score 438 552 504 615 517 426 321 3373
Women PGSI score 437 550 499 613 511 416 319 3344
All adults DSM score 911 1103 1000 1176 1010 799 558 6557
All adults PGSI score 909 1093 994 1169 1002 786 554 6508
Bases (unweighted):
Men DSM score 272 381 398 473 556 490 302 2872
Men PGSI score 272 377 397 470 552 485 300 2853
Women DSM score 305 523 556 658 657 601 380 3680
Women PGSI score 304 522 550 656 648 588 378 3646
All adults DSM score 577 904 954 1131 1213 1091 682 6552
All adults PGSI score 576 899 947 1126 1200 1073 678 6499

Contact

Julie.Landsberg@gov.scot

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