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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	Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile					SIMD 85/15
	5^th (least deprived)	4^th	3^rd	2^nd	1^st (most deprived)	85% least deprived	15% most deprived
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Not applicable	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.7	1.5	1.3	1.7
No increased	49.1	44.9	46.0	44.7	46.6	46.1	47.5
Increased	19.3	19.7	20.2	17.9	13.1	19.0	13.3
High	13.2	12.5	12.0	10.7	11.5	12.1	11.9
Very high	17.6	22.1	19.0	20.6	24.9	20.4	23.5
Extremely high	0.3	0.6	0.6	3.4	2.5	1.2	2.2
High/very high/extremely high risk	31.0	35.3	31.6	34.7	38.8	33.7	37.5
Very/extremely high risk	17.9	22.7	19.6	24.0	27.3	21.6	25.7
Women
Not applicable	2.9	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.1	1.8	1.4
No increased	45.3	39.6	41.8	34.9	29.8	40.0	29.9
Increased	15.2	14.6	15.6	13.1	13.9	14.5	14.4
High	18.9	21.4	16.4	17.9	18.8	18.6	19.9
Very high	16.6	21.7	22.0	25.6	30.7	21.8	29.9
Extremely high	1.1	2.4	3.1	6.5	4.9	3.3	4.5
High/very high/extremely high risk	36.6	45.4	41.4	50.0	54.3	43.7	54.4
Very/extremely high risk	17.7	24.0	25.0	32.0	35.6	25.1	34.4
Bases (weighted):
Men	385	446	359	339	346	1607	271
Women	407	408	390	353	397	1648	312
Bases (unweighted):
Men	347	417	341	291	296	1470	222
Women	451	474	434	376	389	1821	303

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

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