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Scottish Health Survey - topic report: equality groups
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.
Table 5.3 Mean age started smoking (age-standardised1), by equality group
| Aged 16 and over | 2008-2011 combined | ||||
| Equality Group | Mean age | Lower Confidence Limit | Upper Confidence Limit | Unweighted Bases | Weighted Bases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 17.2 | 16.9 | 17.6 | 6542 | 6661 |
| Female | 17.8 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 7415 | 6570 |
| Age | |||||
| 16-24 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 18.2 | 781 | 1063 |
| 25-34 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 1732 | 1981 |
| 35-44 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 2254 | 2306 |
| 45-54 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 2562 | 2507 |
| 55-64 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.6 | 2705 | 2350 |
| 65-74 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 18.3 | 2331 | 1756 |
| 75+ | 19.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 1592 | 1268 |
| Sexual Orientation | |||||
| Bisexual | 15.9 | 14.8 | 16.9 | 107 | 103 |
| Gay or Lesbian | 18.1 | 15.7 | 20.6 | 102 | 91 |
| Heterosexual | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 11604 | 11077 |
| Other | 16.2 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 145 | 135 |
| Prefer not to answer | 17.5 | 16.6 | 18.5 | 396 | 335 |
| Disability | |||||
| Limiting LI | 17.5 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 5078 | 4458 |
| Non-limiting LI | 17.4 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 2176 | 2040 |
| No LI | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 6702 | 6732 |
| Religion | |||||
| None | 17.3 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 5774 | 5650 |
| Church of Scotland | 17.4 | 17.0 | 17.7 | 4728 | 4222 |
| Roman Catholic | 17.4 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 2023 | 2124 |
| Other Christian | 18.8 | 16.6 | 21.0 | 1149 | 943 |
| Muslim | [18.7] | [16.7] | [20.7] | 46 | 60 |
| Buddhist | * | * | * | 20 | 12 |
| Hindu | * | * | * | 12 | 17 |
| Other2 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 18.2 | 174 | 154 |
| Ethnic Group | |||||
| White, British | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.7 | 13267 | 12471 |
| White, Irish | 17.9 | 16.9 | 18.8 | 103 | 109 |
| White, Other | 19.3 | 18.3 | 20.4 | 375 | 389 |
| Mixed | [16.8] | [15.7] | [18.0] | 37 | 39 |
| Asian, Indian | [18.4] | [15.9] | [21.0] | 31 | 40 |
| Asian, Pakistani | [17.0] | [16.0] | [18.1] | 33 | 41 |
| Asian, Chinese | * | * | * | 9 | 6 |
| Asian, Other | * | * | * | 24 | 22 |
| African, Caribbean or Black | * | * | * | 18 | 17 |
| Other | [17.0] | [15.5] | [18.5] | 42 | 47 |
| All Adults | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 13957 | 13231 |
1 Analyses are age-standardised for all equality groups except age.
2 Other religion includes Sikh, Jewish and Pagan.
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