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 5.8 Self-reported cotinine validated non-smokers exposure to second-hand smoke, 2014 to 2017 combined, by area deprivation and sex

Self-reported non-smokers aged 16 and over with valid saliva cotinine measurementa 2014-2017 combined
Saliva cotinine level (ng/ml) Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
5th (Least deprived) 4th 3rd 2nd 1st (Most deprived)
  % % % % %
Men
Geometric mean saliva cotinineb 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.16
Confidence interval (0.06-0.07) (0.07-0.09) (0.07-0.09) (0.08-0.12) (0.11-0.24)
Exposed to cotininec 13 23 22 35 53
Women
Geometric mean saliva cotinineb 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.13
Confidence interval (0.06-0.07) (0.06-0.08) (0.06-0.07) (0.08-0.11) (0.11-0.16)
Exposed to cotininec 13 18 17 31 48
All adults
Geometric mean saliva cotinineb 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.14
Confidence interval (0.06-0.07) (0.07-0.08) (0.07-0.08) (0.08-0.11) (0.12-0.18)
Exposed to cotininec 13 21 20 33 50
Bases (weighted):
Men 296 263 259 239 168
Women 303 285 314 266 210
All adults 599 548 573 505 378
Bases (unweighted):
Men 249 278 271 189 136
Women 325 366 382 265 209
All adults 574 644 653 454 345

a To be included within this category, participants had to be both self-reported non-smokers and have a saliva cotinine level lower than 12ng/ml.
b Geometric means have been presented for non-smokers as their cotinine data have a very skewed and exponential distribution. A geometric mean is an average calculated by multiplying the values of the cases in the sample and taking the nth root, where n is the number of cases. As 95% confidence intervals for the geometric means are more complicated to calculate than for arithmetic means, these have been presented around the estimates rather than standard errors
c Non-smokers with a detectable level of cotinine in their saliva (> 0.1ng/ml).

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