Scottish Health Survey 2019: summary report

Chapter 1 General Health, CVD and Diabetes

Among all adults in 2019:

• 72% described their general health as 'good' or 'very good'
• 9% described their general health as 'bad' or 'very bad'

Self-assessed 'good' or 'very good' general health in all adults has reduced since 2009.

A greater proportion of men described their general health as 'good' or 'very good' in 2019.

• 74% Men
• 70% Woman

The proportion of adults who assessed their general health to be 'good' or 'very good' in 2019 decreased with age.

Among all children in 2019:

• 95% described their general health as 'good' or 'very good'
• 1% described their general health as 'bad' or 'very bad'

The age-standardised proportion of adults who self-assessed their general health as 'good' or 'very good' once again varied by area deprivation in 2019.

Around half of adults reported living with (limiting or non-limiting) long-term conditions.

• 47%

The proportion of adults with long-term conditions increased with age.

Higher proportions of men than women had:

There was no variation by gender in the prevalence of Type 1 diabetes or stoke in 2019.

• 1% prevalence of Type 1 diabetes among all adults
• 3% prevalence of stroke among all adults

The proportion of adults with hypertension* has stabilised in recent years:

A higher proportion of men had hypertension than women in 2018/2019 combined.*

• Men 31%
• Woman 26%

* Nurse equivalent calibrated estimates

In 2019, over half of adults reported having ever attended CPR training.

• 56% CPR training

Adults who had ever attended CPR training, reported doing so as: **

In 2019, a fifth of all adults reported attending any CPR training (original or refresher) within the past two years.

• 21%

In 2019, the proportion of adults who reported attending any CPR training (original or refresher) within the past two years generally decreased with age.

Those living in the most deprived areas were less likely to have attended any CPR training in the past two years than those in the remaining quintiles.

** Combined fi gures may diff er from individual categories due to rounding.