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Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020

An amended version of the Scottish Health Survey 2018 main report.

Base: Aged 16 and over		2018
Self-assessed general health		Age							Total
		16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men	Very good	53	40	34	27	27	21	22	33
	Good	36	39	41	40	39	39	44	39
	Fair	9	18	22	21	23	27	26	20
	Bad	2	2	2	9	9	10	5	6
	Very bad	-	1	1	3	2	4	2	2
	Good/Very good	89	79	74	67	66	60	66	72
	Bad/Very bad	2	3	4	12	11	13	8	8
Women	Very good	43	38	37	32	27	26	18	32
	Good	38	42	43	37	42	37	33	39
	Fair	16	16	14	22	17	23	34	20
	Bad	2	4	5	6	10	11	13	7
	Very bad	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	2
	Good/Very good	81	80	80	69	69	63	51	71
	Bad/Very bad	3	4	7	9	14	15	15	9
All adults	Very good	49	39	35	29	27	24	20	32
	Good	37	41	42	38	41	38	37	39
	Fair	12	17	18	21	20	25	31	20
	Bad	2	3	4	7	10	10	10	6
	Very bad	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2
	Good/Very good	85	80	77	68	68	61	57	71
	Bad/Very bad	2	4	5	11	13	14	12	9
Unweighted bases	Men	158	228	280	378	373	393	264	2074
	Women	205	363	408	473	492	469	325	2735
	All adults	363	591	688	851	865	862	589	4809
Weighted bases	Men	307	388	350	414	374	292	191	2315
	Women	298	402	368	445	396	320	266	2493
	All adults	604	789	718	859	769	612	457	4809

The symbol '-' denotes that no respondents within that category selected this answer option

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