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Publication - Statistics

The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Published
25 September 2012
Part of
Health and social care
ISBN
9781780458410

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health

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Table 6.1 Adult summary activity levels, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Summary activity levelsa Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
% % % % % % % %
Men
Meets recommendations
2008 58 63 53 43 37 21 13 45
2009 61 54 50 43 37 21 11 43
2010 66 61 51 48 34 22 10 45
2011 63 61 54 48 32 23 11 45
Some activity
2008 29 25 29 30 23 27 21 27
2009 19 26 30 31 28 31 22 27
2010 22 24 29 25 29 29 20 26
2011 22 26 28 26 26 27 19 25
Low activity
2008 13 12 18 27 40 51 66 28
2009 20 20 20 26 36 48 66 30
2010 12 15 20 27 36 50 70 29
2011 15 13 19 27 42 50 70 30
Women
Meets recommendations
2008 42 42 43 37 29 20 4 33
2009 38 41 39 38 30 17 6 32
2010 37 42 45 40 30 17 7 33
2011 41 45 42 38 27 18 6 33
Some activity
2008 33 37 37 36 35 33 17 34
2009 37 39 39 36 34 34 19 35
2010 39 36 35 36 33 31 17 33
2011 34 35 36 33 37 30 17 32
Low activity
2008 25 21 20 27 35 46 78 33
2009 25 20 22 26 36 49 75 34
2010 25 22 19 24 36 52 76 33
2011 25 21 22 28 36 52 77 35
All Adults
Meets recommendations
2008 50 53 47 40 33 21 8 39
2009 50 47 45 40 33 19 8 37
2010 52 51 48 44 32 19 8 39
2011 52 53 48 43 30 20 8 39
Some activity
2008 31 31 34 33 29 31 19 30
2009 28 33 35 34 31 33 21 31
2010 30 30 32 31 31 30 18 30
2011 28 30 32 29 31 29 18 29
Low activity
2008 19 16 19 27 37 49 74 31
2009 22 20 21 26 36 49 71 32
2010 18 19 20 26 36 51 73 31
2011 20 17 20 28 39 51 74 32
Bases (weighted):
Men 2008 464 481 561 555 480 327 218 3085
Men 2009 538 568 634 647 561 387 257 3591
Men 2010 515 559 589 631 542 374 254 3466
Men 2011 534 583 613 656 564 390 266 3605
Women 2008 445 487 615 590 503 383 346 3369
Women 2009 511 570 693 700 590 450 408 3923
Women 2010 494 556 645 680 571 431 396 3772
Women 2011 513 580 671 708 594 449 409 3924
All adults 2008 909 968 1176 1145 983 710 565 6455
All adults 2009 1050 1138 1327 1347 1151 836 665 7514
All adults 2010 1009 1115 1234 1311 1113 805 650 7238
All adults 2011 1047 1163 1284 1364 1157 839 675 7529
Bases (unweighted):
Men 2008 245 317 459 534 525 453 304 2837
Men 2009 272 406 550 600 574 517 359 3278
Men 2010 274 420 478 566 555 488 331 3112
Men 2011 306 399 516 599 600 511 343 3274
Women 2008 334 451 647 631 631 515 406 3615
Women 2009 383 579 779 733 735 550 479 4238
Women 2010 373 564 682 761 699 573 470 4122
Women 2011 363 562 710 801 738 596 483 4253
All adults 2008 579 768 1106 1165 1156 968 710 6452
All adults 2009 655 985 1329 1333 1309 1067 838 7516
All adults 2010 647 984 1160 1327 1254 1061 801 7234
All adults 2011 669 961 1226 1400 1338 1107 826 7527

a Meets recommendations= 30 minutes or more on at least 5 days a week; Some activity= 30 minutes or more on 1 to 4 days a week; Low activity= fewer than 30 minutes of moderate or vigorous activity a week (these categories were described in previous reports as "high", "medium" and "low", the labels have changed but the definitions for the categories remain the same).

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