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Scottish Health Survey 2018: main report - revised 2020

Published: 21 February 2020
From: Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care
Part of: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781839605550

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

Scottish Health Survey

Table 7.2: Adult BMI, 2018, by age and sex

Base: Aged 16 and over with valid height and weight measurements			2018
BMI (kg/m2)			Age							Total
			16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
			%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men	Under 18.5		4	3	1	2	1	1	1	2
	18.5 to less than 25		49	35	34	19	25	20	24	30
	25 to less than 30		34	40	39	41	44	43	52	41
	30 to less than 40		12	19	22	35	27	33	23	24
	40 and over^c		0	3	3	4	3	3	-	2
	All 25 and over^a		47	62	64	80	74	79	75	68
	All 30 and over^b		12	22	25	39	30	36	23	27
	Mean BMI	Mean	25.0	27.1	27.4	29.2	28.3	28.8	27.7	27.6
		SE of the mean	0.52	0.43	0.43	0.34	0.34	0.32	0.31	0.17
		Standard deviation	4.94	5.52	5.28	5.23	5.12	5.08	3.98	5.29
Women	Under 18.5		7	2	1	2	0	1	2	2
	18.5 to less than 25		50	43	38	30	27	26	36	35
	25 to less than 30		26	31	28	35	38	37	37	33
	30 to less than 40		15	20	28	28	28	31	22	25
	40 and over^c		2	4	5	5	7	5	3	5
	All 25 and over^a		43	55	61	68	72	73	62	63
	All 30 and over^b		17	24	33	34	34	36	24	30
	Mean BMI	Mean	25.2	26.9	28.0	28.6	28.8	29.0	27.2	27.8
		SE of the mean	0.62	0.40	0.35	0.38	0.32	0.33	0.42	0.17
		Standard deviation	5.88	5.95	5.94	6.43	5.93	6.02	5.38	6.10
All adults	Under 18.5		5	3	1	2	1	1	2	2
	18.5 to less than 25		50	39	36	24	26	23	30	33
	25 to less than 30		31	35	34	38	41	40	44	37
	30 to less than 40		13	19	25	32	27	32	22	25
	40 and over^c		1	3	4	5	5	4	2	3
	All 25 and over^a		45	58	63	74	73	76	68	65
	All 30 and over^b		14	23	29	36	32	36	24	28
	Mean BMI	Mean	25.1	27.0	27.7	28.9	28.5	28.9	27.4	27.7
		SE of the mean	0.42	0.31	0.30	0.27	0.24	0.25	0.29	0.13
		Standard deviation	5.37	5.73	5.62	5.89	5.55	5.59	4.78	5.71
Bases	Unweighted bases	Men	138	187	230	300	291	312	191	1649
		Women	151	277	311	371	384	375	207	2076
		All adults	289	464	541	671	675	687	398	3725
	Weighted bases	Men	277	314	289	315	286	236	141	1859
		Women	221	308	282	345	302	261	165	1884
		All adults	499	622	571	660	589	497	306	3743

a 25 and over = overweight (including obese)
b 30 and over = obese
c 40 and over = morbidly obese

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Table 7.2: Adult BMI, 2018, by age and sex

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