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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 1.1 Self-assessed general health, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, by age and sex

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

Self-assessed general health	Age							Total
Self-assessed general health	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
Men	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Scotland
Very good	54	48	39	35	30	24	17	37
Good	34	40	44	43	36	37	38	39
Fair	12	9	12	14	21	28	27	16
Bad	1	2	5	7	9	9	14	6
Very bad	-	1	1	2	4	2	4	2
Very good/good	88	88	82	78	66	61	55	76
Bad/very bad	1	3	5	8	13	12	17	7
England
Very good	47	43	37	34	27	22	16	35
Good	41	43	45	43	41	39	37	42
Fair	11	12	14	18	23	26	35	18
Bad	1	2	3	4	7	10	10	4
Very bad	0	1	0	2	3	3	3	1
Very good/good	88	86	82	77	68	61	52	76
Bad/very bad	1	2	3	6	10	13	13	6
Northern Ireland
Very good	45	43	36	29	25	20	14	34
Good	45	46	45	40	37	37	32	42
Fair	10	8	14	21	23	28	37	17
Bad	-	3	4	8	11	12	14	6
Very bad	-	1	1	2	4	3	2	2
Very good/good	90	89	81	69	62	57	46	75
Bad/very bad	-	3	5	10	15	15	17	8
Bases (weighted):
Men Scotland	464	481	563	555	480	327	218	3087
Men England	1137	1212	1414	1209	1086	726	539	7324
Men Northern Ireland	278	270	301	254	209	142	95	1549
Bases (unweighted):
Men Scotland	246	317	460	535	525	453	304	2840
Men England	774	954	1221	1100	1183	875	648	6755
Men Northern Ireland	153	278	345	305	275	237	152	1745
Women	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Scotland
Very good	41	45	42	36	29	26	18	35
Good	45	40	41	39	40	37	34	40
Fair	12	12	14	18	20	26	36	19
Bad	2	3	3	5	8	8	10	5
Very bad	-	0	0	2	4	3	3	2
Very good/good	86	85	82	75	69	64	51	75
Bad/very bad	2	3	3	7	11	11	13	7
England
Very good	37	41	39	34	30	20	14	33
Good	51	45	42	41	40	42	35	43
Fair	10	11	14	17	20	25	37	18
Bad	2	2	3	5	8	9	11	5
Very bad	0	1	1	2	2	4	4	2
Very good/good	88	86	82	76	70	62	49	75
Bad/very bad	2	3	4	8	10	13	14	7
Northern Ireland
Very good	43	45	45	34	28	18	16	35
Good	45	40	36	38	34	35	34	38
Fair	10	10	13	19	24	32	36	18
Bad	2	3	6	7	12	10	10	7
Very bad	-	1	1	2	3	4	3	2
Very good/good	88	86	81	72	62	53	51	73
Bad/very bad	2	4	7	9	15	14	13	8
Bases (weighted):
Women Scotland	444	487	616	591	504	384	350	3376
Women England	1091	1215	1433	1233	1123	800	785	7681
Women Northern Ireland	280	291	331	272	233	175	172	1754
Bases (unweighted):
Women Scotland	333	451	648	632	632	516	410	3622
Women England	920	1219	1514	1374	1366	1000	947	8340
Women Northern Ireland	254	428	501	417	334	312	251	2497

Note: No data are presented for Wales because the Welsh Health Survey's question on self-assessed health uses different answer categories that are not comparable with the Scottish, English and Northern Irish surveys.

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