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The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health

Aged 16 and over
2008-2011 combined

Consumption of vitamin or mineral supplements	Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile					SIMD 85/15
	5^th (least deprived)	4^th	3^rd	2^nd	1^st (most deprived)	85% least deprived	15% most deprived
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Vitamins / minerals	13	12	10	8	6	10	7
Fish oils	14	10	10	10	8	11	7
Iron supplements	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Calcium	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Other minerals	3	3	5	6	1	4	1
Other supplements	5	6	6	4	3	5	2
Total taking any supplement^a	22	23	19	21	14	21	14
No supplements taken	78	77	81	79	86	79	86
Women
Vitamins / minerals	18	16	11	13	11	14	11
Fish oils	16	13	12	11	7	13	6
Iron supplements	1	4	2	3	1	2	1
Calcium	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Other minerals	6	6	5	6	4	6	3
Other supplements	10	9	9	8	4	9	3
Total taking any supplement^a	33	32	27	26	20	29	20
No supplements taken	67	68	73	74	80	71	80
All adults
Vitamins / minerals	15	14	10	11	9	12	9
Fish oils	15	12	11	11	7	12	7
Iron supplements	1	2	1	2	1	2	1
Calcium	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Other minerals	5	4	5	6	3	5	2
Other supplements	8	7	8	6	3	7	3
Total taking any supplement^a	28	27	23	23	17	25	17
No supplements taken	72	73	77	77	83	75	83
Bases (weighted):
Men 2008-2011	416	473	390	392	374	1753	291
Women 2008-2011	465	453	445	414	451	1881	348
All adults 2008-2011	881	926	835	805	825	3634	639
Bases (unweighted):
Men 2008-2011	383	444	371	337	322	1617	240
Women 2008-2011	514	527	493	439	443	2077	339
All adults 2008-2011	897	971	864	776	765	3694	579

a May be less than the sum of those taking individual supplements as some participants were taking more than one type.

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