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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report

Published
22 September 2015
Part of
Health and social care
ISBN
9781785446870

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2014, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.

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Table 6.1 Mean adult BMI, prevalence of overweight and obesity, 1995 to 2014

Aged 16 and over with valid height and weight measurements 1995 to 2014
BMI (kg/m2) 1995 1998 2003 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Men
25 and overa
16-64 56 61 64 66 66 66 67 66 67 67
16+ n/a n/a 65 69 68 68 69 68 68 69
30 and overb
16-64 16 19 22 25 27 27 27 25 24 25
16+ n/a n/a 22 26 27 27 28 27 25 26
40 and overc
16-64 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2
16+ n/a n/a 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2
Mean
16-64 26.0 26.4 26.9 27.2 27.4 27.3 27.4 27.1 27.1 27.3
16+ n/a n/a 27.0 27.4 27.5 27.5 27.6 27.3 27.3 27.5
SE of the mean
16-64 0.07 0.07 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.15 0.14 0.16 0.14 0.20
16+ n/a n/a 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.14 0.13 0.17
Women
25 and overa
16-64 47 52 57 60 58 60 57 58 59 58
16+ n/a n/a 60 62 61 62 60 60 61 61
30 and overb
16-64 17 21 24 27 26 28 26 27 27 28
16+ n/a n/a 26 28 28 29 28 28 29 29
40 and overc
16-64 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
16+ n/a n/a 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 4
Mean
16-64 25.7 26.3 26.9 27.3 27.2 27.4 27.3 27.2 27.3 27.4
16+ n/a n/a 27.2 27.4 27.4 27.6 27.5 27.3 27.5 27.6
SE of the mean
16-64 0.08 0.09 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.16 0.19 0.18
16+ n/a n/a 0.14 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.14 0.16 0.16
All adults
25 and overa
16-64 52 57 61 63 62 63 62 62 63 63
16+ n/a n/a 62 65 64 65 64 64 65 65
30 and overb
16-64 17 20 23 26 27 27 27 26 26 27
16+ n/a n/a 24 27 27 28 28 27 27 28
40 and overc
16-64 1 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
16+ n/a n/a 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3
Mean
16-64 25.8 26.4 26.9 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.3 27.1 27.2 27.4
16+ n/a n/a 27.1 27.4 27.4 27.5 27.5 27.3 27.4 27.6
SE of the mean
16-64 0.05 0.06 0.10 0.11 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.15
16+ n/a n/a 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.12
Bases (weighted):
Men 16-64 3672 3673 2702 2238 2598 2487 2513 1706 1650 1574
Men 16+ n/a n/a 3217 2689 3129 2992 3003 2048 2005 1919
Women 16-64 3632 3572 2776 2257 2553 2435 2478 1640 1685 1616
Women 16+ n/a n/a 3458 2828 3208 3046 3100 2063 2095 2028
All adults 16-64 7757 7245 5478 4495 5151 4922 4991 3346 3336 3190
All adults 16+ n/a n/a 6675 5517 6336 6038 6103 4110 4099 3948
Bases (unweighted):
Men 16-64 3303 3110 2368 1822 2107 2020 2092 1381 1399 1305
Men 16+ n/a n/a 3016 2454 2817 2674 2745 1876 1827 1771
Women 16-64 4005 3783 2908 2293 2678 2553 2596 1676 1783 1632
Women 16+ n/a n/a 3684 3019 3449 3327 3389 2221 2280 2198
All adults 16-64 7776 6893 5276 4115 4785 4573 4688 3057 3182 2937
All adults 16+ n/a n/a 6700 5473 6266 6001 6134 4097 4107 3969

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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