Scottish Health Survey - topic report: equality groups

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.


Table 9.2 Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed diabetes (age-standardised1), by equality group

Aged 16 and over 2008-2011 combined
Equality Group Diabetes Lower Confidence Limit Upper Confidence Limit Unweighted Bases Weighted Bases
% % %
Sex
Male 6 6 6 12525 13773
Female 4 4 5 16259 15010
Age
16-24 1 0 1 2556 4015
25-34 1 1 1 3702 4411
35-44 2 1 2 4829 4997
45-54 5 4 5 5236 5181
55-64 9 8 10 5063 4414
65-74 12 11 13 4207 3197
75+ 12 11 13 3191 2570
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual 9 4 14 231 238
Gay or Lesbian 2 0 5 195 201
Heterosexual 5 5 5 24015 24199
Other 7 4 10 266 253
Prefer not to answer 6 4 8 733 642
Disability
Limiting LI 9 8 10 8602 7689
Non-limiting LI 9 8 10 4556 4413
No LI 1 1 2 15613 16670
Religion
None 5 4 5 11211 11768
Church of Scotland 6 5 6 10049 9309
Roman Catholic 5 5 6 3846 4278
Other Christian 5 4 6 2793 2455
Muslim 18 9 27 220 281
Buddhist 4 0 13 63 65
Hindu 2 0 7 59 70
Other2 8 5 11 418 389
Ethnic Group
White, British 5 5 5 26962 26711
White, Irish 4 1 7 198 224
White, Other 3 1 6 781 814
Mixed 3 0 7 88 104
Asian, Indian 14 3 26 109 148
Asian, Pakistani 18 8 28 141 188
Asian, Chinese 3 0 10 74 82
Asian, Other 4 0 9 103 105
African, Caribbean or Black 4 0 8 117 134
Other 8 1 15 109 122
All Adults 5 5 5 28784 28783

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

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