Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report UK Comparisons


Table 1.3 GHQ12 scores, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, by age and sex

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

GHQ12 score a

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Men

Scotland

0

62

58

63

64

71

69

69

64

1-3

26

29

24

21

17

20

25

23

4 or more

12

13

13

15

12

11

7

12

England

0

65

63

66

67

70

71

60

66

1-3

25

27

22

21

18

20

25

23

4 or more

10

10

12

12

12

9

14

11

Northern Ireland

0

63

67

62

57

51

59

59

60

1-3

24

18

22

25

29

27

26

24

4 or more

13

15

16

18

20

15

15

16

Women

Scotland

0

53

54

60

54

65

64

50

58

1-3

27

29

23

25

18

24

34

25

4 or more

20

16

17

21

17

11

16

17

England

0

53

58

63

60

65

67

56

60

1-3

32

27

23

21

20

20

26

24

4 or more

15

15

14

19

15

13

17

15

Northern Ireland

0

53

54

50

49

48

57

52

51

1-3

29

26

28

27

26

25

32

27

4 or more

18

21

23

24

26

18

16

21

Bases (weighted):

Men Scotland

431

438

523

510

434

293

189

2819

Men England

1062

1115

1311

1136

1033

691

502

6850

Men Northern Ireland

275

266

294

245

205

134

86

1505

Women Scotland

407

453

578

549

461

352

279

3079

Women England

1026

1159

1364

1179

1074

755

703

7260

Women Northern Ireland

274

288

323

268

226

165

159

1702

Bases (unweighted):

Men Scotland

227

288

428

485

473

408

260

2569

Men England

722

881

1133

1031

1125

835

604

6331

Men Northern Ireland

151

274

337

295

269

223

139

1688

Women Scotland

304

419

606

589

579

475

329

3301

Women England

865

1166

1441

1317

1308

944

849

7890

Women Northern Ireland

248

422

489

410

324

294

232

2419

a Scores range from 0 to 12
Note: No data for Wales is shown because the Welsh Health Survey uses the SF-36 questionnaire rather than GHQ12.

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