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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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Table 2.6 Symptoms of distress (using GHQ12), age-standardised, 2012-2015 combined, by presence of physical conditions and area deprivation
| Aged 16 and over | 2012-2015 combined | ||||
| GHQ12 score | Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation | ||||
| 5 (least deprived) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 (most deprived) | |
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| No physical conditions a | |||||
| 0 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 65 |
| 1-3 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 4 or more | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
| One or more physical conditions a | |||||
| 0 | 60 | 56 | 50 | 49 | 46 |
| 1-3 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 25 |
| 4 or more | 14 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 29 |
| Bases (weighted): | |||||
| No physical conditions | 2247 | 2310 | 1996 | 1964 | 1600 |
| One or more physical conditions | 1404 | 1508 | 1480 | 1574 | 1484 |
| Bases (unweighted): | |||||
| No physical conditions | 1936 | 2318 | 2118 | 1777 | 1368 |
| One or more physical conditions | 1383 | 1741 | 1832 | 1645 | 1440 |
a The number of different conditions (see section 2.2.2)
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