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 2.6 CIS-R anxiety and depression scores, attempted suicide and self-harm, 2008/2009 combined to 2016/2017 combined

Aged 16 and over 2008/2009 combined - 2016/2017 combined
Mental health problem 2008/2009 combined 2010/2011 combined 2012/2013 combined 2014/2015 combined 2016/2017 combined
% % % % %
Men
Depression symptom score
0 89 89 84 81 81
1 4 4 7 9 8
2 or more symptomsa 7 7 9 10 11
Anxiety symptom score
0 87 87 85 80 79
1 6 5 8 10 12
2 or more symptomsb 7 8 7 9 9
Attempted suicide
No 97 96 97 95 95
Yes 3 4 3 5 5
Self-harm
No 98 98 96 94 94
Yes 2 2 4 6 6
Women
Depression symptom score
0 84 85 82 79 79
1 6 6 10 11 10
2 or more symptomsa 10 9 8 10 11
Anxiety symptom score
0 78 81 74 71 71
1 11 9 14 14 15
2 or more symptomsb 11 10 12 15 13
Attempted suicide
No 94 94 94 93 93
Yes 6 6 6 7 7
Self-harm
No 96 97 94 91 93
Yes 4 3 6 9 7
All adults
Depression symptom scorec
0 86 87 83 80 80
1 5 5 8 10 9
2 or more symptomsa 8 8 9 10 11
Anxiety symptom scored
0 83 84 79 76 75
1 9 7 11 12 14
2 or more symptomsb 9 9 9 12 11
Attempted suicide
No 96 95 95 94 94
Yes 4 5 5 6 6
Self-harm
No 97 98 95 93 94
Yes 3 2 5 7 6
Bases (weighted):
Men 1066 972 1051 992 837
Women 1154 1059 1129 1069 907
All adults 2220 2031 2179 2061 1744
Bases (unweighted):
Men 974 875 971 900 754
Women 1246 1155 1214 1177 1005
All adults 2220 2030 2185 2077 1759

a Two or more symptoms indicate depression of moderate to high severity
b Two or more symptoms indicate anxiety of moderate to high severity
c Percentage of adults with a score of 2+ on depression section of CIS-R is part of the national mental health indicator set for adults
d Percentage of adults with a score of 2+ on anxiety section of CIS-R is part of the national mental health indicator set for adults

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