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Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

Published: 31 August 2010
ISBN: 9780755995646

The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report UK Comparisons

Table 1.2 Prevalence of long-term conditions, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
S, E & W 2008; NI 2005/6

Long-term conditions and limiting long-term conditions	Age							Total
Long-term conditions and limiting long-term conditions	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
Men	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Scotland
No long-term conditions	84	79	67	61	46	38	33	62
Limiting long-term conditions	7	10	20	22	34	43	50	23
Non-limiting long-term conditions	10	12	14	17	20	19	17	15
Total with conditions	16	21	33	39	54	62	67	38
England
No long-term conditions	81	78	67	60	43	33	27	60
Limiting long-term conditions	6	10	17	20	29	37	49	21
Non-limiting long-term conditions	13	13	16	19	28	30	24	19
Total with conditions	19	22	33	40	57	67	73	40
Wales ^a
No long-term conditions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Limiting long-term conditions	6	10	15	23	39	51	58	26
Non-limiting long-term conditions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total with conditions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Ireland
No long-term conditions	88	82	71	59	43	28	32	64
Limiting long-term conditions	4	12	18	29	41	53	59	25
Non-limiting long-term conditions	8	6	11	12	16	18	9	11
Total with conditions	12	17	28	41	57	72	68	36
Bases (weighted):
Men Scotland	464	481	563	555	480	327	218	3087
Men England	1136	1212	1414	1209	1086	726	539	7323
Men Wales	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Men Northern Ireland	278	269	300	254	209	142	95	1547
Bases (unweighted):
Men Scotland	246	317	460	535	525	453	304	2840
Men England	773	954	1221	1100	1183	875	648	6754
Men Wales	714	670	966	1000	1177	945	647	6119
Men Northern Ireland	153	277	344	305	275	237	152	1743
Women	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Scotland
No long-term conditions	82	71	70	58	45	34	29	58
Limiting long-term conditions	8	17	19	25	39	44	54	28
Non-limiting long-term conditions	10	11	11	17	16	22	17	15
Total with conditions	18	29	30	42	55	66	71	42
England
No long-term conditions	77	71	67	56	44	32	25	56
Limiting long-term conditions	12	13	16	25	33	41	54	25
Non-limiting long-term conditions	12	16	17	19	23	27	21	19
Total with conditions	23	29	33	44	56	68	75	44
Wales ^a
No long-term conditions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Limiting long-term conditions	7	12	14	26	39	48	68	29
Non-limiting long-term conditions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total with conditions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Ireland
No long-term conditions	86	78	66	55	45	35	29	60
Limiting long-term conditions	10	13	24	29	41	48	58	28
Non-limiting long-term conditions	5	9	10	16	15	17	13	12
Total with conditions	14	22	34	44	55	65	70	40
Bases (weighted):
Women Scotland	445	487	616	591	504	384	350	3377
Women England	1091	1214	1433	1233	1123	800	785	7678
Women Wales ^b	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Women Northern Ireland	279	291	331	272	233	175	172	1753
Bases (unweighted):
Women Scotland	334	451	648	632	632	516	410	3623
Women England	920	1217	1514	1374	1366	1000	946	8337
Women Wales	793	838	1188	1126	1334	1029	886	7194
Women Northern Ireland	253	428	500	417	334	312	251	2495

a Long-term conditions are measured in different ways in the four countries, only the directly comparable figures have been presented here (see Appendix A for details).

b Weighted bases are not included in the published Welsh Health Survey tables.

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