Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report UK Comparisons


Table 3.3 Body mass index ( BMI), Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over with both valid height and weight measurements
S & E 2008; NI 2005/6

BMI (kg/m 2)

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Men

Scotland

Less than 18.5

8.2

1.3

0.8

1.0

0.0

0.9

-

2.0

18.5 to less than 25

57.0

37.4

24.7

21.7

18.2

17.2

24.9

29.6

25 to less than 30

26.9

44.2

44.1

47.0

43.7

45.5

51.6

42.4

30 to less than 40

8.0

16.6

28.5

28.8

34.8

34.6

23.5

24.7

40+

-

0.5

1.8

1.5

3.3

1.8

-

1.4

All 25 and over (overweight, including obese)

34.9

61.3

74.5

77.3

81.8

81.9

75.1

68.5

All 30 and over (obese)

8.0

17.1

30.3

30.3

38.1

36.4

23.5

26.0

Mean

23.9

26.4

28.1

28.2

29.0

28.9

27.7

27.4

Standard error of the mean

0.35

0.25

0.29

0.23

0.26

0.25

0.27

0.12

England

Less than 18.5

7.4

0.6

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.4

1.6

18.5 to less than 25

59.8

41.2

26.7

25.3

21.4

16.6

27.5

32.5

25 to less than 30

25.0

40.6

46.5

43.7

44.3

49.9

49.4

41.8

30 to less than 40

7.3

16.6

24.4

30.0

32.2

31.4

22.3

23.0

40+

0.5

1.0

1.8

0.8

1.7

1.6

0.4

1.1

All 25 and over (overweight, including obese)

32.8

58.2

72.6

74.5

78.3

82.9

72.1

65.9

All 30 and over (obese)

7.8

17.6

26.1

30.8

33.9

33.0

22.7

24.1

Mean

23.7

26.5

27.8

28.1

28.5

28.7

27.4

27.2

Standard error of the mean

0.18

0.17

0.14

0.15

0.14

0.17

0.18

0.07

Northern Ireland

Less than 18.5

2.0

0.9

0.3

0.5

1.6

0.7

18.5 to less than 25

69.3

36.4

28.7

19.9

18.1

22.9

43.7

35.1

25 to less than 30

16.7

39.4

42.5

48.2

52.0

49.6

39.1

39.7

30 to less than 40

10.4

21.0

25.8

30.7

27.6

27.4

15.6

22.7

40+

1.6

2.3

2.8

1.3

1.8

1.7

All 25 and over (overweight, including obese)

28.7

62.8

71.0

80.1

81.4

77.1

54.7

64.1

All 30 and over (obese)

12.0

23.3

28.5

31.9

29.4

27.4

15.6

24.4

Mean

24.3

27.1

28.0

28.5

28.7

27.8

26.1

27.2

Standard error of the mean

0.31

0.34

0.36

0.31

0.56

0.35

0.46

0.15

Women

Scotland

Less than 18.5

4.7

4.0

1.0

0.8

0.5

1.0

1.9

1.9

18.5 to less than 25

53.8

46.0

37.8

33.7

23.4

25.9

31.1

36.3

25 to less than 30

23.2

30.9

34.1

36.5

39.1

38.0

39.9

34.3

30 to less than 40

15.4

16.8

23.5

25.2

32.2

32.7

23.9

24.1

40+

2.9

2.3

3.6

3.8

4.7

2.5

3.2

3.4

All 25 and over (overweight, including obese)

41.5

50.0

61.2

65.5

76.0

73.1

67.0

61.8

All 30 and over (obese)

18.3

19.1

27.1

29.0

36.9

35.1

27.1

27.5

Mean

25.3

26.0

27.6

28.0

29.0

28.4

27.6

27.4

Standard error of the mean

0.42

0.30

0.27

0.29

0.28

0.29

0.35

0.13

England

Less than 18.5

5.4

2.1

1.6

0.7

0.8

0.8

2.4

2.0

18.5 to less than 25

60.3

52.6

42.0

35.3

30.6

27.4

31.9

41.1

25 to less than 30

20.3

26.5

31.2

35.1

37.7

38.5

39.8

32.0

30 to less than 40

12.7

15.9

21.5

25.5

27.9

29.7

24.8

22.1

40+

1.2

2.9

3.7

3.4

3.0

3.6

1.0

2.8

All 25 and over (overweight, including obese)

34.2

45.3

56.4

64.0

68.6

71.8

65.7

56.9

All 30 and over (obese)

13.9

18.8

25.2

28.9

31.0

33.3

25.8

24.9

Mean

24.3

25.8

27.1

27.7

28.0

28.5

27.2

26.9

Standard error of the mean

0.19

0.17

0.17

0.17

0.16

0.18

0.20

0.07

Northern Ireland

Less than 18.5

8.0

1.6

1.9

0.3

2.1

0.5

3.5

2.7

18.5 to less than 25

59.6

44.3

42.6

39.8

38.5

31.0

38.0

43.4

25 to less than 30

19.0

30.8

28.3

33.4

31.1

42.9

38.7

30.5

30 to less than 40

11.3

18.2

23.4

22.9

23.4

23.5

18.6

20.0

40+

2.1

5.0

3.9

3.7

5.0

2.0

1.3

3.5

All 25 and over (overweight, including obese)

32.4

54.1

55.5

59.9

59.5

68.5

58.5

54.0

All 30 and over (obese)

13.4

23.2

27.2

26.6

28.3

25.5

19.8

23.5

Mean

24.3

27.3

27.0

27.6

27.6

27.9

26.6

26.8

Standard error of the mean

0.45

0.50

0.37

0.42

0.49

0.53

0.53

0.18

Bases (weighted):

Men Scotland

430

432

481

483

412

285

166

2689

Men England

1029

1068

1243

1059

968

610

409

6385

Men Northern Ireland

233

226

246

208

164

104

65

1246

Women Scotland

378

407

536

509

426

322

249

2828

Women England

935

1020

1241

1057

985

663

549

6450

Women Northern Ireland

221

217

266

207

163

117

111

1302

Bases (unweighted):

Men Scotland

225

281

396

468

452

401

231

2454

Men England

695

848

1071

959

1053

737

490

5853

Men Northern Ireland

129

235

284

248

216

172

104

1388

Women Scotland

281

374

554

550

534

440

286

3019

Women England

787

1026

1309

1176

1196

828

661

6983

Women Northern Ireland

201

320

401

317

230

209

163

1841

Note: No data is presented for Wales because the Welsh Health Survey does not conduct direct height and weight measurements ( BMI based on self-reported measures is available in that survey).

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