The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report: Older People's Health

BMI (kg/m ²)	Age						Total 65+
Aged 16 and over with both valid height and weight measurements	2008, 2009 and 2010 combined
	16-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85+	Total 65+
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Less than 18.5	2	-	1	1	1	1	1
18.5 to less than 25	32	21	20	22	27	34	22
25 to less than 30	40	44	46	47	53	51	47
30 to less than 40	25	33	32	29	19	14	29
40+	1	2	2	1	0	-	1
All 25 and over ^a	66	79	79	77	72	65	77
All 30 and over ^b	26	35	33	30	19	14	30
Mean	27.3	28.7	28.5	28.1	27.2	26.3	28.2
Standard error of the mean	0.08	0.19	0.20	0.22	0.26	0.32	0.11
Women
Less than 18.5	2	1	1	2	4	2	2
18.5 to less than 25	38	24	28	26	32	34	28
25 to less than 30	32	39	38	38	38	42	39
30 to less than 40	23	33	30	30	24	21	30
40+	4	3	2	4	2	1	2
All 25 and over ^a	59	75	71	72	64	64	71
All 30 and over ^b	27	36	32	34	26	22	32
Mean	27.3	28.6	28.2	28.4	27.1	26.8	28.1
Standard error of the mean	0.08	0.21	0.22	0.27	0.31	0.43	0.12
All adults
Less than 18.5	2	1	1	1	3	2	1
18.5 to less than 25	35	23	24	25	30	34	25
25 to less than 30	36	41	42	42	44	45	42
30 to less than 40	24	33	31	30	22	19	30
40+	3	2	2	2	1	0	2
All 25 and over ^a	63	77	75	74	67	65	74
All 30 and over ^b	27	35	33	32	23	19	31
Mean	27.3	28.6	28.3	28.2	27.1	26.6	28.1
Standard error of the mean	0.06	0.14	0.16	0.19	0.22	0.29	0.09
Bases (weighted):
Men	7325	504	434	303	159	83	1483
Women	7242	556	488	395	254	141	1835
All adults	14567	1060	922	699	413	223	3318
Bases (unweighted):
Men	5949	688	569	405	215	119	1996
Women	7524	717	634	464	295	161	2271
All adults	13473	1405	1203	869	510	280	4267

a 25 and over = overweight (including obese).
b 30 and over = obese.

Page updated: Thursday, November 24, 2011

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