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 8.1 Prevalence of obesity (age-standardised¹), by equality group

Equality Group	BMI≥30	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	10691	11821
Female	28	27	29	13185	12173
Age
16-24	13	11	14	2198	3461
25-34	20	18	21	3118	3721
35-44	30	28	32	4119	4277
45-54	31	30	33	4477	4410
55-64	36	34	37	4250	3693
65-74	34	33	36	3502	2649
75+	28	26	30	2212	1784
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual	34	25	42	201	206
Gay or Lesbian	28	21	36	181	187
Heterosexual	27	26	28	20620	20846
Other	34	26	42	222	212
Prefer not to answer	32	26	38	606	534
Disability
Limiting LI	34	33	36	6617	5973
Non-limiting LI	30	28	32	3895	3779
No LI	24	23	24	13360	14241
Religion
None	26	25	27	9527	10072
Church of Scotland	30	28	31	8249	7652
Roman Catholic	28	26	30	3107	3471
Other Christian	28	26	31	2357	2085
Muslim	27	14	41	170	230
Buddhist	15	4	27	53	52
Hindu	15	3	27	51	61
Other²	25	19	31	340	318
Ethnic Group
White, British	28	27	29	22399	22316
White, Irish	28	21	36	164	191
White, Other	24	19	29	678	695
Mixed	30	17	44	74	87
Asian, Indian	24	10	38	92	127
Asian, Pakistani	29	16	42	108	152
Asian, Chinese	4	0	9	62	68
Asian, Other	9	2	16	90	93
African, Caribbean or Black	35	17	53	101	115
Other	28	14	41	91	102
All Adults	27	27	28	23876	23994

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

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