Scottish Health Survey 2016 - volume 1: main report

Statistics relating to the health of people living in Scotland.

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Table 7.2 Child self-assessed general health, 2015/2016 combined, by age and sex

Aged 0 - 15 2015/2016 combined
Self-assessed general health Age Total
0-1 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10-11 12-13 14-15
% % % % % % % % %
Boys
Very good 69 61 68 67 67 71 60 56 65
Good 27 30 27 26 29 27 33 33 29
Fair 3 8 2 6 4 2 6 9 5
Bad 0 1 3 0 1 - - 1 1
Very Bad 0 0 - - - - - 1 0
Good / Very good 96 91 95 94 95 98 94 89 94
Bad / Very bad 1 1 3 0 1 - - 1 1
Girls
Very good 74 69 71 77 75 72 66 47 69
Good 25 29 27 21 20 26 29 46 28
Fair 1 3 1 1 4 1 4 5 2
Bad 1 - 0 - 2 1 - 2 1
Very Bad - - - 1 - - - - 0
Good / Very good 98 97 98 98 95 98 96 93 97
Bad / Very bad 1 - 0 1 2 1 - 2 1
All children
Very good 71 65 69 72 70 72 63 51 67
Good 26 29 27 24 25 26 31 40 28
Fair 2 5 2 4 4 2 5 7 4
Bad 0 0 2 0 1 1 - 1 1
Very Bad 0 0 - 0 - - - 0 0
Good / Very good 97 95 97 96 95 98 95 91 95
Bad / Very bad 1 0 2 1 1 1 - 2 1
Bases (weighted):
Boys 193 174 196 201 197 210 180 163 1513
Girls 157 207 207 187 170 187 183 171 1468
All children 349 381 403 388 367 398 362 334 2981
Bases (unweighted):
Boys 205 190 204 203 199 193 162 150 1506
Girls 183 220 216 196 168 166 163 163 1475
All children 388 410 420 399 367 359 325 313 2981

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