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.

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Table 3.1 Proportion of adults with 20 or more natural teeth (age-standardised¹), by equality group

Equality Group	20 or more natural teeth	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	73	72	74	12486	13724
Female	71	70	72	16209	14960
Age
16-24	99	98	99	2542	3990
25-34	96	95	97	3694	4401
35-44	89	88	90	4814	4979
45-54	77	76	79	5217	5161
55-64	55	53	56	5051	4405
65-74	35	33	36	4197	3190
75+	19	18	21	3180	2559
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual	72	64	79	231	238
Gay or Lesbian	78	68	87	195	201
Heterosexual	73	72	73	24004	24188
Other	60	52	68	265	252
Prefer not to answer	61	56	67	733	642
Disability
Limiting LI	65	64	67	8580	7669
Non-limiting LI	73	71	74	4545	4401
No LI	75	74	76	15566	16612
Religion
None	73	71	74	11206	11765
Church of Scotland	71	70	72	10044	9305
Roman Catholic	69	67	70	3842	4274
Other Christian	76	74	78	2792	2453
Muslim	95	90	99	220	281
Buddhist	89	76	100	63	65
Hindu	93	85	100	59	70
Other²	73	67	79	417	387
Ethnic Group
White, British	71	71	72	26947	26697
White, Irish	71	64	78	198	224
White, Other	78	73	83	780	814
Mixed	86	76	95	88	104
Asian, Indian	93	88	99	109	148
Asian, Pakistani	86	74	98	141	188
Asian, Chinese	88	76	100	74	82
Asian, Other	78	63	94	103	105
African, Caribbean or Black	87	75	99	117	134
Other	76	63	90	109	122
All Adults	72	71	73	28695	28684

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

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