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7. Health
Figure 6.1 shows the proportion of adults who smoke in Scotland by age and gender. Smoking is most common among 25 to 34 year old men (34%) and this is also the age group where there is the largest difference between men and women. Smoking increases among males between the ages of 16-24 and 25-34 but the same patterns is not seen among women.
As can been seen from Table 7.1, smoking is more prevalent in the most deprived areas; 41% compared with 12% in the least deprived areas. Table 7.2 shows that people living in the most deprived areas are also less likely to report that their health is good; 41% in the most deprived areas compared with 64% in the least deprived areas.
Figure 7.1: Whether respondent smokes, by age and gender
Table 7.1: Whether respondent smokes by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile
Column percentages, 2006 data, Adult population
| 1 (most deprived) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (least deprived) | Scotland |
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Yes | 41 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 25 |
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No | 59 | 71 | 76 | 83 | 88 | 75 |
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Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Base | 2,987 | 2,840 | 3,146 | 2,699 | 2,504 | 14,176 |
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Table 7.2: Self perception of health by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile
Column percentages, 2006 data, Adult population
| 1 (most deprived) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (least deprived) | Scotland |
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Good | 41 | 49 | 55 | 60 | 64 | 54 |
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Fairly good | 37 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 32 |
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Not good | 21 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 14 |
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Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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Base | 2,987 | 2,840 | 3,146 | 2,699 | 2,504 | 14,176 |
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