The Scottish Health Survey 2008

The Scottish Health Survey 2008


Table 8.1 Prevalence of CVD conditions (ever and in the past 12 months) and diabetes, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
2008

CVD conditions/diabetes

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Men

Angina

Ever

-

-

0.4

2.3

9.3

14.4

20.4

4.9

In the past 12 months

-

-

0.4

1.5

6.5

7.9

11.1

3.0

Heart attack

Ever

-

-

0.2

1.7

7.6

13.4

15.5

4.0

In the past 12 months

-

-

-

0.6

0.8

2.0

1.1

0.5

Heart murmur

Ever

4.0

2.8

2.7

2.1

2.8

4.0

4.3

3.1

In the past 12 months

1.9

0.6

0.2

0.9

0.7

1.3

1.5

0.9

Abnormal heart rhythm

Ever

1.7

1.9

2.3

4.6

8.0

12.1

13.5

5.3

In the past 12 months

0.3

0.9

1.3

2.5

4.0

6.9

8.7

2.8

'Other' heart trouble

Ever

-

1.2

1.6

1.2

3.2

5.5

4.6

2.1

In the past 12 months

-

-

1.3

0.6

1.7

2.6

1.9

1.0

Stroke

Ever

-

-

1.3

0.8

3.3

5.8

13.6

2.5

In the past 12 months

-

-

0.2

-

0.5

0.7

1.5

0.3

Diabetes

Types 1 & 2 combined

0.8

0.3

0.5

4.1

11.1

13.2

16.1

5.3

Bases (weighted): a

464

481

564

554

480

327

218

3087

Bases (unweighted): a

246

317

462

534

525

453

304

2841

Women

Angina

Ever

-

-

0.9

1.6

6.4

13.0

16.7

4.6

In the past 12 months

-

-

0.6

0.9

3.2

8.5

10.4

2.8

Heart attack

Ever

-

-

0.5

1.3

2.3

6.7

9.8

2.4

In the past 12 months

-

-

0.2

0.4

0.3

1.3

1.3

0.4

Heart murmur

Ever

4.8

1.9

3.4

4.2

5.7

6.9

6.5

4.6

In the past 12 months

1.6

0.2

1.3

2.6

2.4

3.3

2.2

1.9

Abnormal heart rhythm

Ever

1.5

3.2

4.6

4.9

8.3

10.6

11.4

6.0

In the past 12 months

0.8

0.6

1.4

2.0

4.0

6.4

7.5

2.9

'Other' heart trouble

Ever

0.6

1.3

0.8

1.9

1.8

5.6

4.6

2.1

In the past 12 months

0.2

0.9

0.5

1.3

1.4

4.1

2.6

1.4

Stroke

Ever

0.0

-

0.6

1.9

3.2

7.1

10.4

2.8

In the past 12 months

-

-

0.1

0.3

0.3

1.1

0.6

0.3

Diabetes

Types 1 & 2 combined

1.7

1.5

2.6

2.7

5.5

8.4

9.1

4.1

Bases (weighted): a

445

487

616

591

503

384

350

3376

Bases (unweighted): a

334

451

648

632

631

516

410

3622

a Bases vary: those shown are for the overall sample

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