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Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

Findings and trends of the Scottish Health Survey 2015, providing information on the health of people living in Scotland.

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Aged 16 and over	2012-2015 combined
Number of conditions ^a	Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
Number of conditions ^a	5 (least deprived)	4	3	2	1 (most deprived)
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
0	58	54	53	51	43
1	25	26	23	24	25
2	10	12	13	13	15
3	4	5	6	7	9
4 or more	2	2	5	6	8
2 or more	17	20	24	26	32
Mean ^b	1.7	1.7	2.0	2.0	2.1
Standard error of the mean	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05
Median ^b	1	1	2	2	2
Women
0	55	53	50	44	39
1	25	26	23	25	25
2	12	12	15	16	16
3	5	5	8	9	11
4 or more	3	3	5	7	9
2 or more	20	20	27	32	36
Mean ^b	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.2
Standard error of the mean	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Median ^b	1	1	2	2	2
All adults
0	56	54	51	47	41
1	25	26	23	24	25
2	11	12	14	14	16
3	5	5	7	8	10
4 or more	3	3	5	6	9
2 or more	18	20	26	29	34
Mean ^b	1.7	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.2
Standard error of the mean	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Median ^b	1	1	2	2	2
Bases (weighted):
Men	1975	1986	1859	1869	1607
Men with conditions	748	814	787	838	862
Women	1991	2129	2027	2025	1882
Women with conditions	814	899	934	1050	1081
All adults	3966	4115	3887	3894	3489
All adults with conditions	1562	1714	1721	1888	1943
Bases (unweighted):
Men	1637	1942	1971	1676	1351
Men with conditions	703	884	939	822	757
Women	1968	2431	2433	2127	1816
Women with conditions	877	1115	1203	1144	1052
All adults	3605	4373	4404	3803	3167
All adults with conditions	1580	1999	2142	1966	1809

a The number of different conditions (see section 2.2.2)
b Of those with at least one long-term condition

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