Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey - topic report: equality groups

Published: 30 October 2012
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781782561781

Topic report in the Scottish Health Survey series providing breakdowns of key health behaviours and outcomes by gender, age, ethnic group, religion, disability and sexual orientation.

Supporting documents

Appendix 1: Tables

Table 2.1 Proportion of adults who assessed their health as very good or good (age-standardised¹), by equality group

Equality Group	Very Good / Good Health	Lower Confidence Limit	Upper Confidence Limit	*Unweighted Bases*	*Weighted Bases*
Aged 16 and over				2008-2011 combined
Equality Group	%	%	%	*Unweighted Bases*	*Weighted Bases*
Sex
Male	77	76	78	12516	13763
Female	75	74	76	16254	15003
Age
16-24	89	88	91	2553	4011
25-34	87	85	88	3701	4410
35-44	82	81	83	4825	4993
45-54	75	74	77	5233	5177
55-64	68	67	70	5063	4414
65-74	64	62	65	4207	3197
75+	53	51	55	3188	2567
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual	68	61	76	231	238
Gay or Lesbian	76	69	83	195	201
Heterosexual	77	76	77	24011	24194
Other	66	59	73	266	253
Prefer not to answer	65	60	71	733	642
Disability
Limiting LI	39	37	40	8599	7685
Non-limiting LI	81	80	83	4556	4413
No LI	92	92	93	15611	16667
Religion
None	75	74	76	11211	11768
Church of Scotland	78	77	79	10047	9306
Roman Catholic	72	71	74	3845	4277
Other Christian	77	75	79	2791	2453
Muslim	70	62	78	220	281
Buddhist	70	53	86	63	65
Hindu	92	81	100	59	70
Other²	67	62	73	418	389
Ethnic Group
White, British	75	75	76	26957	26705
White, Irish	74	67	81	198	224
White, Other	81	77	85	781	814
Mixed	82	73	92	88	104
Asian, Indian	78	66	91	109	148
Asian, Pakistani	66	55	77	141	188
Asian, Chinese	91	82	100	74	82
Asian, Other	83	72	95	103	105
African, Caribbean or Black	79	68	91	117	134
Other	74	61	87	109	122
All Adults	76	75	76	28770	28767

¹ Analyses are age-standardised for all equality groups except age.
² Other religion includes Sikh, Jewish and Pagan.

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