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 8.2 Prevalence of overweight including obesity (age-standardised¹), by equality group

Equality Group	BMI≥25	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	69	67	70	10691	11821
Female	61	60	62	13185	12173
Age
16-24	35	33	38	2198	3461
25-34	55	53	57	3118	3721
35-44	69	67	70	4119	4277
45-54	72	70	73	4477	4410
55-64	77	76	79	4250	3693
65-74	76	75	78	3502	2649
75+	70	68	72	2212	1784
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual	69	61	77	201	206
Gay or Lesbian	67	58	76	181	187
Heterosexual	65	64	66	20620	20846
Other	68	58	78	222	212
Prefer not to answer	68	62	74	606	534
Disability
Limiting LI	68	66	70	6617	5973
Non-limiting LI	68	66	70	3895	3779
No LI	63	62	64	13360	14241
Religion
None	64	62	65	9527	10072
Church of Scotland	67	65	68	8249	7652
Roman Catholic	64	62	66	3107	3471
Other Christian	67	64	69	2357	2085
Muslim	57	45	70	170	230
Buddhist	42	25	59	53	52
Hindu	55	36	74	51	61
Other²	65	58	72	340	318
Ethnic Group
White, British	65	64	66	22399	22316
White, Irish	62	54	71	164	191
White, Other	63	58	68	678	695
Mixed	60	48	72	74	87
Asian, Indian	66	52	79	92	127
Asian, Pakistani	71	59	83	108	152
Asian, Chinese	41	22	60	62	68
Asian, Other	45	30	61	90	93
African, Caribbean or Black	63	48	78	101	115
Other	61	48	75	91	102
All Adults	65	64	66	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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