Scotland's Census 2022 - UV302a - General health by sex by age (20 groups)

This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for general health for all people by sex by age (in 20 categories) in Scotland.

Age

A person's age on Census Day, 20 March 2022. Infants aged under 1 year are classified as 0 years of age.

Sex

This is the sex recorded by the person completing the census. The options were "Female" and "Male". Guidance on answering the question can be found here

General health

General health is a self-assessment of a person's general state of health. People were asked to assess whether their health was very good, good, fair, bad or very bad. This assessment is not based on a person's health based over any specified period of time.

Details of classification can be found here

The quality assurance report can be found here

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	October 10, 2024, 10:15 (BST)
Created	October 10, 2024, 10:15 (BST)
Visibility	Public
Year	2022
Topics	Health
Units	Persons
Geographic Layer	Census Wards Council Areas Countries Local Authorities Local Health Boards Unitary Authorities Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies
Frequency	Decennial
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-2021-1
Citation	Office for National Statistics; National Records of Scotland; Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; UK Data Service. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-2021-1
Geographical Coverage Location	Scotland
Granularity	Country level down to wards
Geographic Spatial data	{"geo_type": "multipolygon", "lat": "57.7424", "lon": "-4.69059", "left": "-8.61537", "top": "60.8457", "right": "-0.765806", "bottom": "54.639", "srid": null, "accuracy": null, "source": null}