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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 3.2 Summary activity levels, Scotland and England, ^a by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
S & E 2008

Summary activity levels ^b	Age							Total
Summary activity levels ^b	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
Men	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Scotland
Low	13	12	18	27	40	51	66	28
Medium	29	25	29	30	23	27	21	27
High	58	63	53	43	37	21	13	45
England
Low	13	14	20	23	34	44	66	26
Medium	26	28	29	31	31	34	24	29
High	61	58	52	46	35	22	10	45
Women
Scotland
Low	25	21	20	27	35	46	78	33
Medium	33	37	37	36	35	33	17	34
High	42	42	43	37	29	20	4	33
England
Low	24	22	23	29	34	49	75	34
Medium	33	37	37	35	36	32	18	33
High	42	42	40	36	30	19	7	33
Bases (weighted):
Men Scotland	464	481	561	555	480	327	218	3085
Men England	1134	1211	1411	1207	1087	725	539	7314
Women Scotland	445	487	615	590	503	383	346	3369
Women England	1090	1216	1432	1230	1124	800	785	7678
Bases (weighted):
Men Scotland	245	317	459	534	525	453	304	2837
Men England	772	953	1218	1098	1184	874	648	6747
Women Scotland	334	451	647	631	631	515	406	3615
Women England	919	1220	1513	1371	1367	1000	947	8337

a The figures presented here for England include bouts of activity of 10-29 minutes duration. The published figures for England in the 2008 HSE report only counted activities if they were of at least 30 minutes duration. Employment activity and other sports were also classified differently, full details of these differences can be found in Appendix A.
b Low= fewer than 30 minutes of moderate or vigorous activity a week; Medium= 30 minutes or more on 1 to 4 days a week; High= 30 minutes or more on at least 5 days a week (this group represents those who meet the current physical activity target). Activities could be accumulated in bouts of 10 minutes or more.
Note: No data is presented for Wales or Northern Ireland because the methods of measuring physical activity used in those surveys are not comparable with the Scottish survey.

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