Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report

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


Table 1.8 Blood pressure level (age-standardised), 2003 to 2016/2017 combined, by area deprivation and sex

Aged 16 and over 2003 - 2016/2017 combined
Blood pressure level (nurse / nurse equivalent) 2003 2008/2009 combined 2010/2011 combined 2012/2013 combineda 2014/2015 combineda 2016/2017 combineda
  % % % % % %
Men
Normotensive
1st (most deprived) 65 62 59 72 69 61
2nd 65 68 68 65 72 66
3rd 66 71 61 68 66 63
4th 64 59 74 71 70 75
5th (least deprived) 64 62 65 80 70 77
Hypertensive controlled
1st (most deprived) 9 9 13 4 12 9
2nd 6 10 5 5 9 14
3rd 5 6 12 10 7 7
4th 5 12 8 3 9 7
5th (least deprived) 7 6 4 2 6 6
Hypertensive uncontrolled
1st (most deprived) 9 6 11 9 10 9
2nd 8 5 9 6 5 2
3rd 6 9 8 6 9 10
4th 8 8 4 6 5 4
5th (least deprived) 5 7 6 4 5 4
Hypertensive untreated
1st (most deprived) 17 23 17 14 9 21
2nd 20 16 17 24 15 18
3rd 23 14 20 16 18 21
4th 23 21 13 20 16 14
5th (least deprived) 24 25 25 14 19 13
Total with hypertension
1st (most deprived) 35 38 41 28 31 39
2nd 35 32 32 35 28 34
3rd 34 29 39 32 34 37
4th 36 41 26 29 30 25
5th (least deprived) 36 38 35 20 30 23
Women
Normotensive
1st (most deprived) 64 61 61 67 70 71
2nd 65 70 69 68 73 70
3rd 63 65 65 75 71 70
4th 68 70 71 73 76 79
5th (least deprived) 71 70 71 69 74 75
Hypertensive controlled
1st (most deprived) 9 12 9 8 10 9
2nd 8 5 8 7 5 8
3rd 9 12 11 8 11 9
4th 7 6 7 6 4 6
5th (least deprived) 6 8 5 8 9 8
Hypertensive uncontrolled
1st (most deprived) 10 8 14 14 5 11
2nd 12 9 11 8 6 4
3rd 10 8 8 5 7 6
4th 8 9 7 9 6 2
5th (least deprived) 8 8 7 7 5 7
Hypertensive untreated
1st (most deprived) 18 19 17 11 15 9
2nd 16 16 12 17 15 17
3rd 19 15 17 11 11 15
4th 17 15 15 12 14 13
5th (least deprived) 16 13 18 16 12 11
Total with hypertension
1st (most deprived) 36 39 39 33 30 29
2nd 35 30 31 32 27 30
3rd 37 35 35 25 29 30
4th 32 30 29 27 24 21
5th (least deprived) 29 30 29 31 26 25
All adults
Normotensive
1st (most deprived) 64 61 60 69 70 66
2nd 65 69 69 67 73 68
3rd 64 68 63 72 69 67
4th 66 64 72 72 73 77
5th (least deprived) 68 66 68 74 72 76
Hypertensive controlled
1st (most deprived) 9 11 10 6 11 9
2nd 7 8 7 6 7 11
3rd 7 9 11 9 9 8
4th 6 9 8 5 7 6
5th (least deprived) 6 7 5 5 7 7
Hypertensive uncontrolled
1st (most deprived) 10 7 13 12 7 10
2nd 10 7 10 7 6 3
3rd 8 8 8 6 8 8
4th 8 8 6 8 5 3
5th (least deprived) 6 8 6 6 5 5
Hypertensive untreated
1st (most deprived) 17 20 17 12 12 14
2nd 18 16 14 21 15 18
3rd 21 14 18 14 14 18
4th 20 18 14 16 15 13
5th (least deprived) 20 19 21 15 15 12
Total with hypertension
1st (most deprived) 36 39 40 31 30 34
2nd 35 31 31 33 27 32
3rd 36 32 37 28 31 33
4th 34 36 28 28 27 23
5th (least deprived) 32 34 32 26 28 24
Bases (weighted):
Men
1st (most deprived) 313 155 132 135 159 125
2nd 421 153 161 175 168 144
3rd 405 179 173 188 171 189
4th 448 225 179 184 214 140
5th (least deprived) 455 194 170 194 174 155
Women
1st (most deprived) 427 195 163 173 187 151
2nd 484 176 154 186 192 175
3rd 471 195 199 186 180 201
4th 510 212 180 203 232 139
5th (least deprived) 489 222 185 200 166 160
All adults
1st (most deprived) 740 351 296 309 346 277
2nd 904 328 315 360 360 318
3rd 876 373 372 374 351 390
4th 958 436 359 387 446 279
5th (least deprived) 944 416 355 394 340 315
Bases (unweighted):
Men
1st (most deprived) 250 123 125 122 128 107
2nd 374 151 124 153 147 109
3rd 438 174 158 198 183 181
4th 453 210 175 185 205 138
5th (least deprived) 418 181 154 170 139 133
Women
1st (most deprived) 385 179 177 169 189 147
2nd 497 190 163 197 207 164
3rd 573 223 215 223 227 241
4th 569 243 214 245 262 181
5th (least deprived) 514 249 209 203 177 169
All adults
1st (most deprived) 635 302 302 291 317 254
2nd 871 341 287 350 354 273
3rd 1011 397 373 421 410 422
4th 1022 453 389 430 467 319
5th (least deprived) 932 430 363 373 316 302

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

Contact

Julie.Landsberg@gov.scot

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