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 4.1 Prevalence of hazardous and harmful drinking (age-standardised¹), by equality group

Equality Group	Hazardous/ harmful drinker	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	27	26	28	12375	13527
Female	19	18	20	16108	14812
Age
16-24	30	27	32	2372	3685
25-34	23	22	25	3683	4393
35-44	23	22	25	4805	4971
45-54	26	24	27	5209	5150
55-64	23	22	24	5046	4399
65-74	18	17	20	4193	3187
75+	10	8	11	3175	2555
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual	29	21	37	229	237
Gay or Lesbian	34	25	43	194	199
Heterosexual	23	23	24	23851	23951
Other	17	11	23	265	252
Prefer not to answer	14	10	19	732	641
Disability
Limiting LI	19	17	20	8546	7627
Non-limiting LI	24	22	26	4521	4363
No LI	24	23	25	15410	16345
Religion
None	26	25	27	11069	11548
Church of Scotland	23	21	24	10013	9258
Roman Catholic	22	20	23	3810	4212
Other Christian	19	17	21	2772	2432
Muslim	5	0	13	215	270
Buddhist	10	2	17	63	65
Hindu	6	0	13	59	70
Other²	18	13	23	415	384
Ethnic Group
White, British	24	23	24	26735	26363
White, Irish	28	20	36	198	224
White, Other	21	17	25	774	806
Mixed	30	16	43	87	103
Asian, Indian	21	9	33	109	148
Asian, Pakistani	3	0	5	138	179
Asian, Chinese	4	0	9	74	82
Asian, Other	4	0	8	102	103
African, Caribbean or Black	7	1	12	115	130
Other	17	6	28	107	118
All Adults	23	22	24	28483	28339

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

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