Publication - Statistics

Scottish Health Survey - topic report: equality groups

Published: 30 October 2012
Part of: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781782561781

Topic report in the Scottish Health Survey series providing breakdowns of key health behaviours and outcomes by gender, age, ethnic group, religion, disability and sexual orientation.

Scottish Health Survey

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Table 6.1 Consumption of 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day (age-standardised¹), by equality group

Equality Group	5 a day	Lower Confidence Limit	Upper Confidence Limit	*Unweighted Bases*	*Weighted Bases*
Aged 16 and over				2008-2011 combined
Equality Group	%	%	%	*Unweighted Bases*	*Weighted Bases*
Sex
Male	21	20	21	12510	13756
Female	24	23	24	16250	15001
Age
16-24	16	14	18	2551	4006
25-34	23	21	25	3701	4410
35-44	21	20	23	4825	4993
45-54	23	22	25	5231	5176
55-64	25	24	27	5060	4412
65-74	25	23	26	4205	3196
75+	21	19	22	3187	2567
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual	23	16	30	231	238
Gay or Lesbian	28	18	38	195	201
Heterosexual	23	22	23	24014	24198
Other	15	9	21	266	253
Prefer not to answer	15	11	19	733	642
Disability
Limiting LI	19	18	21	8594	7683
Non-limiting LI	22	21	24	4554	4411
No LI	23	22	24	15606	16659
Religion
None	22	21	23	11210	11767
Church of Scotland	21	20	22	10049	9309
Roman Catholic	20	19	22	3846	4278
Other Christian	26	24	29	2793	2455
Muslim	49	37	60	220	281
Buddhist	63	50	77	63	65
Hindu	44	27	61	59	70
Other²	28	23	33	418	389
Ethnic Group
White, British	21	20	22	26961	26710
White, Irish	29	21	36	198	224
White, Other	40	35	45	781	814
Mixed	24	14	35	88	104
Asian, Indian	30	17	43	109	148
Asian, Pakistani	48	35	62	141	188
Asian, Chinese	49	31	66	74	82
Asian, Other	51	38	64	103	105
African, Caribbean or Black	28	15	41	117	134
Other	46	32	59	109	122
All Adults	22	21	23	28760	28757

¹ Analyses are age-standardised for all equality groups except age.
² Other religion includes Sikh, Jewish and Pagan.

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