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Scottish Health Survey 2014 - volume 1: main report
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 7.13 Phlegm and breathlessness (age-standardised), 2012/2014 combined, by smoking status and sex
| Aged 16 and over | 2012/2014 combined | |||
| Phlegm and breathlessnessa |
Smoking statusa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never smoked / smoked occasionally |
Ex-regular smoker |
Smokes fewer than 20 a day |
Smokes 20 or more a day |
|
| % | % | % | % | |
| Men | ||||
| Phlegmb | 5 | 8 | 23 | 35 |
| Any breathlessness | 13 | 19 | 26 | 36 |
| Women | ||||
| Phlegmb | 4 | 8 | 16 | 34 |
| Any breathlessness | 20 | 27 | 35 | 48 |
| All adults | ||||
| Phlegmb | 5 | 8 | 20 | 34 |
| Any breathlessness | 17 | 23 | 30 | 41 |
| Bases (weighted): | ||||
| Men | 1178 | 507 | 369 | 160 |
| Women | 1365 | 535 | 388 | 131 |
| All adults | 2543 | 1042 | 757 | 292 |
| Bases (unweighted): | ||||
| Men | 1011 | 575 | 307 | 154 |
| Women | 1428 | 625 | 402 | 142 |
| All adults | 2439 | 1200 | 709 | 296 |
a These items are from the MRC Respiratory Questionnaire
b Excludes cases where respondent did not know how many they smoked a day
c Produced phlegm from the chest on most days for at least three months of the year
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