Scottish Health Survey - Scotland Level Data by Sex

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The Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) has been carried out annually since 2008 and prior to this was carried out in 1995, 1998, and 2003.

Commissioned by the Scottish Government Health Directorates, the series provides regular information on aspects of the public’s health and factors related to health which cannot be obtained from other sources. The SHeS series was designed to:

• estimate the prevalence of particular health conditions in Scotland

• estimate the prevalence of certain risk factors associated with these health conditions and to document the pattern of related health behaviours

• look at differences between regions and subgroups of the population in the extent of their having these particular health conditions or risk factors, and to make comparisons with other national statistics for Scotland and England

• monitor trends in the population's health over time

• make a major contribution to monitoring progress towards health targets.

Each survey in the series includes a set of core questions and measurements (height and weight and, if applicable, blood pressure, waist circumference, and saliva samples), plus modules of questions on specific health conditions and health risk factors that vary from year to year. Each year the main sample has been augmented by an additional boosted sample for children.

More details on the Scottish Health Survey can be found on the survey webpages on the Scottish Government website.

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Forfatter Scottish Government
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Sist oppdatert mai 29, 2025, 09:56 (UTC)
Opprettet mai 29, 2025, 09:55 (UTC)
Accessibility and Clarity Detailed survey documentation is available on the Scottish Health Survey webpages. Users may also submit a special dataset request for their own analysis.
Accuracy and Reliability The survey is currently designed to yield a representative sample of the general population living in private households in Scotland every year.
Coherence and Comparability A significant number of changes were made to the questionnaire content in advance of the 2018 survey based on the consultation that took place in Autumn 2016.
Confidentiality Policy Survey results are not released in a form that reveals the identity of individual participants.
Quality Management Further information on the survey methodology can be accessed on the SHeS webpages.
Relevans The Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) is used to monitor progress towards the following National Indicators: Mental Wellbeing, Healthy Weight, Health Risk Behaviours, Physical Activity, Child Wellbeing, and Food Insecurity.
Revisions Revisions and corrections to previously published Scottish Health Survey data are dealt with in accordance with the Scottish Government Statistician Group corporate policy on revisions and corrections.
Timeliness and Punctuality The Scottish Health Survey was first run in 1995, then 1998, 2003, and has been in the field continuously since 2008. Annual statistics publications presenting nationally representative results are published, typically in autumn the following year.
headline Indicators of population health and related risk factors from the Scottish Health Survey (2008-2023).