Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report UK Comparisons


Table 3.2 Summary activity levels, Scotland and England, a by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
S & E 2008

Summary activity levels b

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

Men

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Scotland

Low

13

12

18

27

40

51

66

28

Medium

29

25

29

30

23

27

21

27

High

58

63

53

43

37

21

13

45

England

Low

13

14

20

23

34

44

66

26

Medium

26

28

29

31

31

34

24

29

High

61

58

52

46

35

22

10

45

Women

Scotland

Low

25

21

20

27

35

46

78

33

Medium

33

37

37

36

35

33

17

34

High

42

42

43

37

29

20

4

33

England

Low

24

22

23

29

34

49

75

34

Medium

33

37

37

35

36

32

18

33

High

42

42

40

36

30

19

7

33

Bases (weighted):

Men Scotland

464

481

561

555

480

327

218

3085

Men England

1134

1211

1411

1207

1087

725

539

7314

Women Scotland

445

487

615

590

503

383

346

3369

Women England

1090

1216

1432

1230

1124

800

785

7678

Bases (weighted):

Men Scotland

245

317

459

534

525

453

304

2837

Men England

772

953

1218

1098

1184

874

648

6747

Women Scotland

334

451

647

631

631

515

406

3615

Women England

919

1220

1513

1371

1367

1000

947

8337


a The figures presented here for England include bouts of activity of 10-29 minutes duration. The published figures for England in the 2008 HSE report only counted activities if they were of at least 30 minutes duration. Employment activity and other sports were also classified differently, full details of these differences can be found in Appendix A.
b Low= fewer than 30 minutes of moderate or vigorous activity a week; Medium= 30 minutes or more on 1 to 4 days a week; High= 30 minutes or more on at least 5 days a week (this group represents those who meet the current physical activity target). Activities could be accumulated in bouts of 10 minutes or more.
Note: No data is presented for Wales or Northern Ireland because the methods of measuring physical activity used in those surveys are not comparable with the Scottish survey.

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