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Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020
An amended version of the Scottish Health Survey 2018 main report.
Table 1.6: GHQ12 score, (age-standardised), 2018, by area deprivation and sex
| Base: Aged 16 and over | 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHQ12 Scorea | Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation | |||||
| 5th (Least deprived) | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st (Most deprived) | ||
| % | % | % | % | % | ||
| Men | Score 0 | 59 | 56 | 58 | 55 | 48 |
| Score 1-3 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 29 | |
| Score 4+ | 12 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 23 | |
| Women | Score 0 | 54 | 55 | 51 | 45 | 46 |
| Score 1-3 | 30 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 26 | |
| Score 4+ | 16 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 28 | |
| All adults | Score 0 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 47 |
| Score 1-3 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 27 | |
| Score 4+ | 14 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 26 | |
| Unweighted base | Men | 356 | 443 | 370 | 383 | 301 |
| Women | 484 | 588 | 475 | 521 | 400 | |
| All adults | 840 | 1031 | 845 | 904 | 701 | |
| Weighted base | Men | 393 | 444 | 405 | 462 | 368 |
| Women | 454 | 509 | 419 | 472 | 395 | |
| All adults | 847 | 953 | 824 | 935 | 763 | |
a GHQ12 scores range from 0 to 12. Scores of 4 or more indicate low wellbeing / possible psychiatric disorder. Age-standardisation has been carried out using 2017 mid-year population estimates for private households in Scotland. Please see the technical report for more information.
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