Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report
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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Table 5.7 Self-reported cotinine validated non-smokers exposure to second-hand smoke, 2016/2017 combined, by age and sex
| Self-reported non-smokers aged 16 and over with valid saliva cotinine measurementa | 2016/2017 combined | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saliva cotinine level (ng/ml) | Age | Total | ||
| 16-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | ||
| % | % | % | % | |
| Men | ||||
| Geometric mean saliva cotinineb | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| Confidence interval | (0.08-0.12) | (0.06-0.09) | (0.06-0.09) | (0.07-0.09) |
| Exposed to cotininec | 34 | 20 | 17 | 25 |
| Women | ||||
| Geometric mean saliva cotinineb | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| Confidence interval | (0.07-0.10) | (0.07-0.09) | (0.06-0.08) | (0.07-0.09) |
| Exposed to cotininec | 25 | 25 | 17 | 23 |
| All adults | ||||
| Geometric mean saliva cotinineb | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| Confidence interval | (0.08-0.10) | (0.07-0.08) | (0.06-0.08) | (0.07-0.09) |
| Exposed to cotininec | 29 | 23 | 17 | 24 |
| Bases (weighted): | ||||
| Men | 217 | 187 | 123 | 527 |
| Women | 260 | 207 | 160 | 626 |
| All adults | 477 | 394 | 282 | 1153 |
| Bases (unweighted): | ||||
| Men | 165 | 164 | 158 | 487 |
| Women | 252 | 243 | 211 | 706 |
| All adults | 417 | 407 | 369 | 1193 |
a To be included within this category, participants had to be both self-reported non-smokers and have a saliva cotinine level lower than 12ng/ml.
b Geometric means have been presented for non-smokers as their cotinine data have a very skewed and exponential distribution. A geometric mean is an average calculated by multiplying the values of the cases in the sample and taking the nth root, where n is the number of cases. As 95% confidence intervals for the geometric means are more complicated to calculate than for arithmetic means, these have been presented around the estimates rather than standard errors
c Non-smokers with a detectable level of cotinine in their saliva (> 0.1ng/ml).