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Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

Published: 31 August 2010
ISBN: 9780755995646

The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report UK Comparisons

Scottish Health Survey

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Table 1.3 GHQ12 scores, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
S & E 2008; NI 2005/6

GHQ12 score ^a	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Scotland
0	62	58	63	64	71	69	69	64
1-3	26	29	24	21	17	20	25	23
4 or more	12	13	13	15	12	11	7	12
England
0	65	63	66	67	70	71	60	66
1-3	25	27	22	21	18	20	25	23
4 or more	10	10	12	12	12	9	14	11
Northern Ireland
0	63	67	62	57	51	59	59	60
1-3	24	18	22	25	29	27	26	24
4 or more	13	15	16	18	20	15	15	16
Women
Scotland
0	53	54	60	54	65	64	50	58
1-3	27	29	23	25	18	24	34	25
4 or more	20	16	17	21	17	11	16	17
England
0	53	58	63	60	65	67	56	60
1-3	32	27	23	21	20	20	26	24
4 or more	15	15	14	19	15	13	17	15
Northern Ireland
0	53	54	50	49	48	57	52	51
1-3	29	26	28	27	26	25	32	27
4 or more	18	21	23	24	26	18	16	21
Bases (weighted):
Men Scotland	431	438	523	510	434	293	189	2819
Men England	1062	1115	1311	1136	1033	691	502	6850
Men Northern Ireland	275	266	294	245	205	134	86	1505
Women Scotland	407	453	578	549	461	352	279	3079
Women England	1026	1159	1364	1179	1074	755	703	7260
Women Northern Ireland	274	288	323	268	226	165	159	1702
Bases (unweighted):
Men Scotland	227	288	428	485	473	408	260	2569
Men England	722	881	1133	1031	1125	835	604	6331
Men Northern Ireland	151	274	337	295	269	223	139	1688
Women Scotland	304	419	606	589	579	475	329	3301
Women England	865	1166	1441	1317	1308	944	849	7890
Women Northern Ireland	248	422	489	410	324	294	232	2419

a Scores range from 0 to 12
Note: No data for Wales is shown because the Welsh Health Survey uses the SF-36 questionnaire rather than GHQ12.

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