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Publication - Statistics

The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Published
25 September 2012
Part of
Health and social care
ISBN
9781780458410

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

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Table 7.2 Mean BMI, prevalence of overweight and obesity, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over with both valid height and weight measurements
1995, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

BMI (kg/m2) Age Total 16+
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+ Total
16-64
% % % % % % % % %
Men
25 and overa
1995 22.6 49.6 65.2 70.9 73.8 n/a n/a 55.6 n/a
1998 28.4 58.5 66.9 75.4 75.9 72.7 n/a 61.0 n/a
2003 30.4 60.1 69.2 76.9 80.1 76.3 66.0 64.0 65.4
2008 34.9 61.3 74.5 77.3 81.8 81.9 75.1 66.3 68.5
2009 34.6 57.1 75.5 78.1 83.5 79.3 71.2 66.2 67.9
2010 29.9 60.5 76.5 79.1 80.8 76.0 75.9 66.1 67.8
2011 35.2 62.0 76.4 78.1 79.8 82.2 74.8 67.1 69.2
30 and overb
1995 4.5 14.4 18.9 21.9 21.0 n/a n/a 15.9 n/a
1998 7.3 15.4 19.9 28.8 23.0 26.6 n/a 18.8 n/a
2003 7.5 16.2 24.4 27.5 33.3 27.3 18.0 22.0 22.4
2008 8.0 17.1 30.3 30.3 38.1 36.4 23.5 24.9 26.0
2009 11.2 16.7 31.6 34.8 37.6 30.0 23.9 26.7 26.9
2010 9.2 19.4 31.7 34.1 37.3 34.5 25.8 26.6 27.4
2011 14.1 21.1 29.1 32.2 35.2 35.7 28.4 26.7 27.7
40 and overc
1995 - 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.3 n/a n/a 0.5 n/a
1998 0.4 0.7 0.7 1.9 0.9 0.3 n/a 0.9 n/a
2003 0.8 0.5 2.1 3.1 2.0 1.0 0.5 1.8 1.6
2008 - 0.5 1.8 1.5 3.3 1.8 - 1.4 1.4
2009 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.6 0.5 1.0 1.0
2010 0.9 0.8 3.1 2.8 0.9 0.9 0.5 1.7 1.6
2011 1.4 2.5 0.7 2.7 1.9 1.5 0.4 1.8 1.7
Mean
1995 23.0 25.8 26.8 27.3 27.3 n/a n/a 26.0 n/a
1998 23.6 26.2 27.0 27.9 27.5 27.5 n/a 26.4 n/a
2003 23.7 26.3 27.5 28.2 28.6 27.9 26.6 26.9 27.0
2008 23.9 26.4 28.1 28.2 29.0 28.9 27.7 27.2 27.4
2009 24.3 26.4 28.1 28.8 29.1 28.4 27.2 27.4 27.5
2010 23.7 26.3 28.5 28.8 28.9 28.4 27.8 27.3 27.5
2011 24.3 26.8 28.1 28.7 28.7 28.8 27.9 27.4 27.6
SE of the mean
1995 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.15 n/a n/a 0.07 n/a
1998 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.18 n/a 0.07 n/a
2003 0.28 0.24 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.22 0.31 0.12 0.12
2008 0.35 0.25 0.29 0.23 0.26 0.25 0.27 0.13 0.12
2009 0.35 0.28 0.23 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.26 0.13 0.12
2010 0.37 0.26 0.28 0.25 0.24 0.25 0.27 0.15 0.13
2011 0.40 0.29 0.21 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.31 0.14 0.12
Women
25 and overa
1995 30.0 37.6 47.5 55.7 68.2 n/a n/a 47.2 n/a
1998 30.6 43.3 53.7 63.0 71.6 68.5 n/a 52.2 n/a
2003 38.9 49.7 57.8 64.8 73.0 74.3 63.7 57.3 59.7
2008 41.5 50.0 61.2 65.5 76.0 73.1 67.0 59.6 61.8
2009 37.0 50.5 61.1 64.0 73.8 72.9 69.1 58.4 61.0
2010 38.0 49.6 66.1 67.7 75.0 71.9 68.7 60.3 62.4
2011 36.9 49.5 60.3 65.0 68.8 73.2 65.0 57.1 59.6
30 and overb
1995 9.0 13.7 17.0 20.8 27.3 n/a n/a 17.3 n/a
1998 7.7 19.0 20.4 26.0 31.5 30.5 n/a 20.9 n/a
2003 13.4 20.5 25.5 26.4 31.9 40.5 26.7 23.8 26.0
2008 18.3 19.1 27.1 29.0 36.9 35.1 27.1 26.5 27.5
2009 15.4 24.2 29.4 28.5 31.4 35.4 28.0 26.4 27.6
2010 17.7 20.9 30.6 30.0 39.2 31.7 32.8 28.1 28.9
2011 12.7 21.7 30.6 31.3 31.6 35.2 30.0 26.3 27.6
40 and overc
1995 0.3 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.5 n/a n/a 1.3 n/a
1998 0.2 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.0 n/a 2.0 n/a
2003 1.3 2.3 4.5 4.5 5.0 3.8 0.3 3.6 3.4
2008 2.9 2.3 3.6 3.8 4.7 2.5 3.2 3.5 3.4
2009 2.0 2.2 3.4 4.9 4.4 2.8 3.8 3.5 3.5
2010 2.6 2.5 5.5 4.3 3.3 1.7 0.5 3.7 3.2
2011 2.4 2.7 4.8 5.9 4.7 4.9 2.3 4.2 4.1
Mean
1995 23.6 24.9 25.8 26.6 27.6 n/a n/a 25.7 n/a
1998 23.7 25.7 26.4 27.4 28.3 27.9 n/a 26.3 n/a
2003 24.6 26.1 27.3 27.7 28.6 29.0 27.0 26.9 27.2
2008 25.3 26.0 27.6 28.0 29.0 28.4 27.6 27.3 27.4
2009 24.7 26.4 27.8 27.7 28.5 28.6 27.7 27.2 27.4
2010 25.0 26.4 28.1 28.1 29.0 28.2 27.8 27.4 27.6
2011 24.7 26.5 27.9 28.5 28.3 28.9 27.5 27.3 27.5
SE of the mean
1995 0.17 0.16 0.17 0.19 0.21 n/a n/a 0.08 n/a
1998 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.23 n/a 0.09 n/a
2003 0.33 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.23 0.26 0.29 0.14 0.14
2008 0.42 0.30 0.27 0.29 0.28 0.29 0.35 0.15 0.13
2009 0.35 0.29 0.24 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.32 0.14 0.12
2010 0.33 0.30 0.27 0.23 0.25 0.26 0.31 0.14 0.12
2011 0.32 0.28 0.29 0.27 0.25 0.29 0.32 0.14 0.12
All adults
25 and overa
1995 26.6 45.1 57.3 63.9 71.2 n/a n/a 52.4 n/a
1998 29.4 51.2 60.3 69.3 73.7 70.4 n/a 56.7 n/a
2003 34.5 54.8 63.4 70.8 76.5 75.2 64.6 60.6 62.4
2008 38.0 55.8 67.5 71.2 78.9 77.2 70.3 62.9 65.1
2009 35.7 53.9 68.1 71.1 78.5 75.9 70.0 62.4 64.4
2010 33.8 55.4 71.3 73.3 77.9 73.9 71.7 63.3 65.1
2011 36.0 56.0 68.3 71.3 74.3 77.5 68.8 62.2 64.3
30 and overb
1995 6.6 14.7 18.2 22.4 25.2 n/a n/a 17.2 n/a
1998 7.5 17.2 20.1 27.5 27.4 28.8 n/a 19.8 n/a
2003 10.4 18.4 24.9 27.0 32.6 34.4 23.4 23.0 24.2
2008 12.8 18.1 28.6 29.6 37.5 35.7 25.7 25.7 26.8
2009 13.1 20.3 30.5 31.6 34.4 32.8 26.3 26.5 27.2
2010 13.3 20.1 31.1 32.0 38.3 33.0 29.9 27.4 28.2
2011 13.4 21.4 29.9 31.7 33.4 35.4 29.4 26.5 27.7
40 and overc
1995 0.2 1.2 1.0 2.0 1.7 n/a n/a 1.2 n/a
1998 0.3 1.4 1.4 2.2 1.8 1.2 n/a 1.4 n/a
2003 1.1 1.4 3.3 3.8 3.5 2.5 0.4 2.7 2.5
2008 1.4 1.4 2.7 2.7 4.0 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.4
2009 1.5 1.4 2.1 3.0 2.9 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.2
2010 1.7 1.6 4.3 3.5 2.1 1.3 0.5 2.7 2.4
2011 1.8 2.6 2.7 4.4 3.3 3.3 1.5 3.0 2.9
Mean
1995 23.3 25.3 26.3 27.0 27.5 n/a n/a 25.8 n/a
1998 23.7 25.9 26.7 27.7 27.9 27.7 n/a 26.4 n/a
2003 24.1 26.2 27.4 28.0 28.6 28.5 26.9 26.9 27.1
2008 24.6 26.2 27.8 28.1 29.0 28.6 27.7 27.2 27.4
2009 24.5 26.4 27.9 28.2 28.8 28.5 27.5 27.3 27.4
2010 24.3 26.4 28.3 28.5 29.0 28.3 27.8 27.4 27.5
2011 24.5 26.6 28.0 28.6 28.5 28.9 27.7 27.3 27.5
SE of the mean
1995 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 n/a n/a 0.05 n/a
1998 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.13 0.15 0.16 n/a 0.06 n/a
2003 0.21 0.20 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.22 0.10 0.09
2008 0.26 0.20 0.21 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.25 0.11 0.10
2009 0.26 0.21 0.16 0.18 0.17 0.18 0.22 0.10 0.09
2010 0.27 0.21 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.21 0.11 0.10
2011 0.27 0.21 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.19 0.24 0.11 0.10
Bases (weighted):
Men 1995 700 920 790 698 564 n/a n/a 3672 n/a
Men 1998 660 894 834 735 550 408 n/a 3673 n/a
Men 2003 495 505 647 563 492 335 180 2702 3217
Men 2008 430 432 481 483 412 285 166 2238 2689
Men 2009 499 489 552 578 479 333 197 2598 3129
Men 2010 453 507 529 548 451 321 183 2487 2992
Men 2011 450 501 538 546 477 315 175 2513 3003
Women 1995 637 866 796 726 606 n/a n/a 3632 n/a
Women 1998 603 830 837 710 592 502 n/a 3572 n/a
Women 2003 473 533 687 574 510 385 297 2776 3458
Women 2008 378 407 536 509 426 322 249 2257 2828
Women 2009 419 454 595 583 502 370 285 2553 3208
Women 2010 419 446 527 573 468 354 257 2435 3046
Women 2011 415 461 542 585 475 348 274 2478 3100
All adults 1995 1384 1896 1706 1520 1252 n/a n/a 7757 n/a
All adults 1998 1263 1724 1670 1446 1142 909 n/a 7245 n/a
All adults 2003 967 1038 1334 1137 1002 720 477 5478 6675
All adults 2008 809 840 1017 992 837 608 414 4495 5517
All adults 2009 918 943 1147 1161 981 703 482 5151 6335
All adults 2010 872 953 1057 1121 919 676 440 4922 6038
All adults 2011 866 963 1079 1131 952 663 449 4991 6103
Bases (unweighted):
Men 1995 459 793 753 655 643 n/a n/a 3303 n/a
Men 1998 373 707 764 647 619 499 n/a 3110 n/a
Men 2003 286 380 629 523 550 421 227 2368 3016
Men 2008 225 281 396 468 452 401 231 1822 2454
Men 2009 251 356 480 533 487 440 270 2107 2817
Men 2010 245 381 429 497 468 416 238 2020 2674
Men 2011 266 355 453 506 512 421 232 2092 2745
Women 1995 492 1021 916 768 808 n/a n/a 4005 n/a
Women 1998 470 867 921 804 721 760 n/a 3783 n/a
Women 2003 336 486 752 666 668 459 317 2908 3684
Women 2008 281 374 554 550 534 440 286 2293 3019
Women 2009 315 467 667 612 617 443 328 2678 3449
Women 2010 317 456 558 643 579 468 306 2553 3327
Women 2011 298 448 581 668 601 473 320 2596 3389
All adults 1995 989 1921 1784 1525 1557 n/a n/a 7776 n/a
All adults 1998 843 1574 1685 1451 1340 1259 n/a 6893 n/a
All adults 2003 622 866 1381 1189 1218 880 544 5276 6700
All adults 2008 506 655 950 1018 986 841 517 4115 5473
All adults 2009 566 823 1147 1145 1104 883 598 4785 6266
All adults 2010 562 837 987 1140 1047 884 544 4573 6001
All adults 2011 564 803 1034 1174 1113 894 552 4688 6134

a 25 and over = overweight / obese / morbidly obese.
b 30 and over = obese / morbidly obese.
c 40 and over = morbidly obese.

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