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The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

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

Aged 16 and over with valid height, weight and waist measurements
2008-2011 combined

Health risk category^a	Equivalised annual household income quintile
	1^st (highest)	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th (lowest)
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Not applicable	1.3	2.6	-	0.1	2.3
No increased	46.3	42.5	53.8	36.3	48.2
Increased	20.7	19.0	16.9	21.0	12.7
High	10.0	13.3	8.9	15.0	12.5
Very high	21.3	21.1	18.8	25.3	22.4
Extremely high	0.5	1.5	1.6	2.4	1.9
High/very high/extremely high risk	31.7	35.9	29.3	42.7	36.7
Very/extremely high risk	21.8	22.6	20.4	27.7	24.3
Women
Not applicable	1.0	1.6	3.1	1.2	2.0
No increased	44.1	39.9	37.9	34.2	36.5
Increased	14.4	14.9	15.3	11.9	12.8
High	18.2	17.9	18.1	17.2	20.2
Very high	20.8	21.5	23.5	31.2	24.1
Extremely high	1.6	4.2	2.1	4.4	4.5
High/very high/extremely high risk	40.6	43.6	43.7	52.7	48.8
Very/extremely high risk	22.3	25.7	25.6	35.6	28.6
Bases (weighted):
Men	471	376	360	266	227
Women	404	350	343	339	301
Bases (unweighted):
Men	405	341	321	269	214
Women	433	397	378	373	320

a Health risk category according to SIGN guidelines (115). See Table 7.5 for full details of the categories.

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