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Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020

An amended version of the Scottish Health Survey 2018 main report.

Base: Aged 16 and over		2008 - 2018
Self-assessed general health		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Self-assessed general health		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men	Very good	37	37	35	37	36	34	32	34	30	34	33
	Good	39	40	41	41	39	41	42	40	43	41	39
	Fair	16	16	17	16	17	17	18	18	19	18	20
	Bad	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6
	Very bad	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Good/Very good	76	77	76	77	75	75	74	74	74	75	72
	Bad/Very bad	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Women	Very good	35	36	35	36	32	34	33	35	32	34	32
	Good	40	41	39	39	41	40	41	40	41	38	39
	Fair	19	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20
	Bad	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	7
	Very bad	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
	Good/Very good	75	77	74	74	73	74	74	74	73	72	71
	Bad/Very bad	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9
All adults	Very good	36	36	35	36	34	34	32	34	31	34	32
	Good	39	40	40	40	40	40	41	40	42	39	39
	Fair	17	16	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	20
	Bad	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
	Very bad	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
	Good/Very good	75	77	75	76	74	74	74	74	73	73	71
	Bad/Very bad	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	9	8	9
Unweighted bases	Men	2840	3285	3112	3279	2127	2138	2068	2244	1894	1597	2074
	Women	3622	4241	4128	4262	2686	2753	2590	2749	2428	2099	2735
	All adults	6462	7526	7240	7541	4813	4891	4658	4993	4322	3696	4809
Weighted bases	Men	3087	3598	3464	3608	2309	2344	2237	2395	2077	1776	2315
	Women	3376	3926	3775	3932	2504	2546	2421	2596	2245	1919	2493
	All adults	6463	7524	7239	7541	4813	4890	4658	4992	4322	3696	4809

Table 2.1.2: Self-assessed general health, adults and children, 2008 to 2018 (children)

Base: Aged 0-15		2008 - 2018
Self-assessed general health		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Self-assessed general health		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Boys	Very good	68	69	65	69	65	68	65	66	65	67	66
	Good	26	27	29	27	29	26	30	28	30	28	27
	Fair	5	4	5	4	6	5	5	6	4	5	6
	Bad	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
	Very bad	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0
	Good/Very good	94	96	94	96	94	94	95	94	95	94	93
	Bad/Very bad	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Girls	Very good	65	68	65	70	70	64	65	70	69	67	71
	Good	31	27	29	26	25	30	30	28	27	26	24
	Fair	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	2	3	5	4
	Bad	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Very bad	0	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	-	0
	Good/Very good	96	95	95	96	95	95	95	98	96	93	95
	Bad/Very bad	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
All children	Very good	66	68	65	70	68	66	65	68	67	67	69
	Good	29	27	29	27	27	28	30	28	28	27	26
	Fair	4	4	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
	Bad	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1
	Very bad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0
	Good/Very good	95	95	94	96	94	95	95	96	95	94	94
	Bad/Very bad	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Unweighted bases	Boys	872	1333	960	998	878	948	842	735	771	819	1055
	Girls	878	1272	832	987	908	891	825	685	790	784	925
	All children	1750	2605	1792	1985	1786	1839	1667	1420	1561	1603	1980
Weighted bases	Boys	896	1333	916	1015	912	940	852	725	798	819	1014
	Girls	854	1273	876	970	873	899	815	695	763	784	966
	All children	1750	2606	1792	1985	1786	1839	1667	1420	1561	1603	1980

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