Health Survey for England | Scottish Health Survey | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | N | 1995 | 1998 | 2003 | N | ||
Adults irrespective of consent status | N | 15 804 | 16 055 | 16 443 | 8582 | 15 908 | 13 947 | 11 025 | 15 647 | 10 331 | 14 836 | 12 758 | 10 303 | 14 142 | 6882 | 15 102 | 197 765 | 7932 | 9040 | 8092 | 25 064 |
Household response | % | 77 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 68 | 64 | 64 | 81* | 77 | 67 | ||
Estimated adult interview response | % | 71 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 58 | 58 | 93 | 92 | 91 | ||
Consented to mortality linkage | % | 95.6 | 93.7 | 93.7 | 93.9 | 94.6 | 90.1 | 71.9 | 88.4 | 88.9 | 87.3 | 75.7 | 80.6 | 82.6 | 80.5 | 78.2 | – | 85.3 | 86.9 | 87.9 | – |
N | 15 113 | 15 036 | 15 411 | 8060 | 15 046 | 12 571 | 7931 | 13 835 | 9181 | 12 954 | 9661 | 8308 | 11 683 | 5542 | 11 807 | 172 139 | 6763 | 7857 | 7114 | 21 734 | |
Follow-up (years) | Mean | 15.0 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.6 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 172 139 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 5.7 | 21 734 |
SD | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | |||
Deaths from all causes | 2924 | 2821 | 2640 | 1229 | 2177 | 963 | 1639 | 1393 | 593 | 970 | 367 | 699 | 477 | 173 | 172 | 172 139 | 638 | 934 | 536 | 21 734 | |
Age | Mean | 46.0 | 46.3 | 46.4 | 46.2 | 46.8 | 43.8 | 51.8 | 47.3 | 39.4 | 47.8 | 45.4 | 54.6 | 49.2 | 48.5 | 48.8 | 172 139 | 40.2 | 45.2 | 49.6 | 21 734 |
SD | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 21.0 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 19.6 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 13.3 | 15.9 | 17.8 | |||
Range | 16–97 | 16–100 | 16–102 | 16–95 | 16–97 | 16–96 | 16–102 | 16–99 | 16–97 | 16–99 | 16–102 | 16–99 | 16–97 | 16–97 | 16–97 | 16–64 | 16–74 | 16–95 | |||
Female | % | 54.4 | 54.1 | 54.1 | 54.0 | 54.7 | 54.0 | 56.0 | 54.7 | 55.8 | 55.2 | 56.2 | 54.7 | 55.0 | 55.2 | 55.4 | 172 139 | 55.1 | 55.9 | 55.8 | 21 734 |
Non-manual occupational social class (I–IIINM) | % | 54.1 | 55.7 | 55.1 | 55.2 | 54.7 | 53.9 | 57.1 | 57.6 | 57.6 | 59.3 | 59.4 | 58.8 | 61.0 | 61.3 | 61.1 | 161 702 | 51.4 | 51.9 | 56.0 | 20 492 |
Left school ≥16 (approximates to compulsory education) | % | 61.8 | 61.3 | 62.9 | 63.2 | 64.0 | 68.4 | 62.2 | 67.9 | 77.1 | 70.0 | 74.9 | 63.1 | 72.3 | 74.0 | 73.4 | 172 017 | 66.6 | 62.8 | 64.8 | 21 716 |
Current smoker | % | 27.4 | 27.5 | 28.6 | 28.1 | 27.8 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 25.4 | 27.8 | 24.6 | 21.2 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 171 477 | 37.0 | 34.8 | 26.3 | 21 591 |
Drinks alcohol at least weekly | % | 62.2 | 64.2 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 65.3 | 49.8 | 60.6 | 65.1 | 64.5 | 64.8 | 49.0 | 62.3 | 61.2 | 60.7 | 60.3 | 170 166 | 63.1 | 61.4 | 60.3 | 21 365 |
Self-assessed general health good or very good | % | 76.4 | 76.3 | 76.4 | 74.5 | 74.1 | 71.9 | 71.9 | 74.5 | 77.5 | 75.1 | 73.1 | 71.1 | 74.6 | 74.2 | 74.8 | 172 101 | 75.7 | 74.6 | 71.8 | 21 734 |
Long-standing illness | % | 39.5 | 41.8 | 42.7 | 44.5 | 44.2 | 41.6 | 47.4 | 46.0 | 40.2 | 47.4 | 43.7 | 52.7 | 46.2 | 45.9 | 45.6 | 172 095 | 37.0 | 43.3 | 44.2 | 21 734 |
*The sample design in 1995 selected only one adult randomly per household at random.