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 9.12 Proportion of children with BMI within the healthy range and prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, 1998 to 2014, by area deprivation
Aged 2-15 with valid height and weight measurementsa | 1998 to 2014 | ||||||||
BMI status (National BMI percentiles) | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
All children | |||||||||
Within healthy rangeb | |||||||||
5th (least deprived) | 72 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 73 |
4th | 71 | 71 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 67 | 71 | 74 | 66 |
3rd | 65 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 71 |
2nd | 73 | 64 | 65 | 71 | 62 | 63 | 59 | 61 | 66 |
1st (most deprived) | 68 | 67 | 68 | 62 | 65 | 60 | 64 | 65 | 63 |
At risk of overweight (not obese)c | |||||||||
5th (least deprived) | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
4th | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 14 |
3rd | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 13 |
2nd | 12 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 16 |
1st (most deprived) | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 15 |
At risk of overweight (including obesity)d | |||||||||
5th (least deprived) | 27 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 26 |
4th | 28 | 29 | 39 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 31 |
3rd | 35 | 38 | 30 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
2nd | 26 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 38 | 35 | 39 | 34 | 33 |
1st (most deprived) | 31 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 33 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 37 |
At risk of obesitye | |||||||||
5th (least deprived) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 |
4th | 12 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
3rd | 17 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 14 |
2nd | 14 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 17 |
1st (most deprived) | 17 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 22 |
Bases (weighted): | |||||||||
All children - 5th (least deprived) | 424 | 546 | 280 | 393 | 259 | 265 | 276 | 259 | 212 |
All children - 4th | 366 | 520 | 308 | 397 | 283 | 300 | 229 | 274 | 272 |
All children - 3rd | 331 | 399 | 219 | 354 | 234 | 308 | 278 | 262 | 252 |
All children - 2nd | 369 | 483 | 226 | 348 | 213 | 183 | 252 | 278 | 220 |
All children - 1st (most deprived) | 425 | 479 | 255 | 388 | 265 | 221 | 249 | 274 | 254 |
Bases (weighted): | |||||||||
All children - 5th (least deprived) | 727 | 519 | 258 | 387 | 219 | 237 | 283 | 244 | 218 |
All children - 4th | 701 | 540 | 326 | 415 | 300 | 310 | 242 | 283 | 274 |
All children - 3rd | 681 | 458 | 219 | 361 | 231 | 297 | 269 | 261 | 254 |
All children - 2nd | 679 | 464 | 233 | 343 | 204 | 182 | 245 | 260 | 221 |
All children - 1st (most deprived) | 696 | 442 | 254 | 375 | 277 | 243 | 235 | 260 | 243 |
a Children whose BMI was more than 7 standard deviations above or below the norm for their age were excluded from the table
b BMI above 2nd percentile, below 85th percentile
c BMI at or above 85th percentile, below 95th percentile
d BMI at or above 85th percentile
e BMI at or above 95th percentile
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