Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report

Published: 25 September 2018
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781787812178

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2017, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.

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Scottish Health Survey

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Table 1.3 Prevalence of long-term conditions in adults and children, 2008 to 2017

All ages	2008 - 2017
Long-term conditions and limiting long-term conditions	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
No long-term conditions	62	63	59	57	58	59	54	56	56	57
Limiting long-term conditions	23	23	25	26	28	28	30	30	30	29
Non-limiting long-term conditions	15	14	16	17	14	13	15	14	14	14
Total with conditions	38	37	41	43	42	41	46	44	44	43
Women
No long-term conditions	58	58	55	54	51	54	54	52	51	53
Limiting long-term conditions	28	27	30	30	35	34	33	33	35	34
Non-limiting long-term conditions	15	15	15	16	14	13	14	15	15	13
Total with conditions	42	42	45	46	49	46	46	48	49	47
All adults
No long-term conditions	59	60	57	56	54	56	54	54	53	55
Limiting long-term conditions	26	25	28	28	32	31	31	32	33	32
Non-limiting long-term conditions	15	14	16	16	14	13	15	14	14	13
Total with conditions	41	40	43	44	46	44	46	46	47	45
Boys
No long-term conditions	85	82	83	85	81	81	79	83	82	82
Limiting long-term conditions	7	7	9	7	11	11	12	10	9	11
Non-limiting long-term conditions	8	11	8	9	8	9	9	7	9	7
Total with conditions	15	18	17	15	19	19	21	17	18	18
Girls
No long-term conditions	86	86	87	87	88	85	82	86	86	83
Limiting long-term conditions	6	6	7	5	6	8	9	8	6	10
Non-limiting long-term conditions	8	8	6	9	6	8	9	6	8	7
Total with conditions	14	14	13	13	12	15	18	14	14	17
All children
No long-term conditions	86	84	85	86	84	83	81	85	84	83
Limiting long-term conditions	6	6	8	6	9	9	11	9	7	10
Non-limiting long-term conditions	8	9	7	9	7	8	9	7	8	7
Total with conditions	14	16	15	14	16	17	19	15	16	17
Bases (weighted):
Men	3087	3597	3465	3610	2306	2345	2237	2396	2076	1777
Women	3377	3926	3777	3932	2505	2545	2420	2596	2242	1918
All adults	6464	7523	7242	7542	4811	4889	4657	4992	4318	3695
Boys	896	1333	916	1012	912	940	852	725	798	819
Girls	854	1273	875	969	873	897	813	695	763	784
All children	1750	2606	1791	1981	1786	1837	1665	1420	1561	1603
Bases (unweighted):
Men	2840	3283	3112	3280	2125	2139	2068	2245	1893	1597
Women	3623	4241	4129	4262	2686	2752	2588	2749	2425	2098
All adults	6463	7524	7241	7542	4811	4891	4656	4994	4318	3695
Boys	872	1333	960	995	878	948	842	735	771	819
Girls	878	1272	831	986	908	889	824	685	790	784
All children	1750	2605	1791	1981	1786	1837	1666	1420	1561	1603

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Table 1.3 Prevalence of long-term conditions in adults and children, 2008 to 2017

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