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.

Supporting documents

Table 1.7 Blood pressure level, 2003 to 2016/2017 combined

Aged 16 and over with a valid blood pressure reading and data on medication	2003 - 2016/2017 combined
Blood pressure level	2003	2008/2009 combined	2010/2011 combined	2012/2013 combined^a	2014/2015 combined^a	2016/2017 combined^a
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Normotensive
Nurse / nurse equivalent	67	65	67	72	70	68
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	71	69	67
Hypertensive controlled
Nurse / nurse equivalent	6	8	8	5	8	8
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	8	8
Hypertensive uncontrolled
Nurse / nurse equivalent	6	7	7	6	6	6
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	6	6
Hypertensive untreated
Nurse / nurse equivalent	21	19	19	18	16	17
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	19	16	19
Total with hypertension
Nurse / nurse equivalent	33	35	33	28	30	32
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	29	31	33
Women
Normotensive
Nurse / nurse equivalent	67	69	68	71	74	73
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	71	73	72
Hypertensive controlled
Nurse / nurse equivalent	7	9	8	7	8	8
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	7	7	8
Hypertensive uncontrolled
Nurse / nurse equivalent	9	8	9	8	6	6
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	8	6	6
Hypertensive untreated
Nurse / nurse equivalent	17	15	16	13	13	13
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	13	14
Total with hypertension
Nurse / nurse equivalent	33	31	32	29	26	27
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	29	27	28
All adults
Normotensive
Nurse / nurse equivalent	67	67	67	72	72	70
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	71	71	70
Hypertensive controlled
Nurse / nurse equivalent	7	9	8	6	8	8
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	8	8
Hypertensive uncontrolled
Nurse / nurse equivalent	5	8	8	7	6	6
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	7	6	6
Hypertensive untreated
Nurse / nurse equivalent	18	17	17	15	14	15
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	16	15	16
Total with hypertension
Nurse / nurse equivalent	33	33	33	28	28	30
Interviewer	n/a	n/a	n/a	29	29	30
Bases (weighted):
Men	2032	899	815	879	888	754
Women	2383	998	879	949	959	826
All adults	4415	1897	1694	1828	1847	1580
Bases (unweighted):
Men	1933	839	736	828	802	668
Women	2538	1084	978	1037	1062	902
All adults	4471	1923	1714	1865	1864	1570

a Measurements were taken by an interviewer from 2012 onwards and converted to an equivalent of the nurse measure

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Table 1.7 Blood pressure level, 2003 to 2016/2017 combined

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