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
This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for long-term health conditions for all people in Scotland. ## Long-term health condition (Source question or variables) Individual question 18: Do you have any of the following which have lasted or are expected to last at least 12 months? (Tick all that apply) * Deafness or partial hearing loss * Blindness or partial sight loss * Full or partial loss of voice or difficulty speaking (a condition that requires you to use equipment to speak) * Learning disability (a condition that you have had since childhood that affects the way you learn, understand information and communicate) * Learning difficulty (a specific learning condition that affects the way you learn and process information) * Developmental disorder (a condition that you have had since childhood which affects motor, cognitive, social and emotional skills, and speech and language) * Physical disability (a condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, lifting or carrying) * Mental health condition (a condition that affects your emotional, physical and mental wellbeing) * Long-term illness, disease or condition (a condition, not listed above, that you may have for life, which may be managed with treatment or medication) * Other condition, please write in: * No condition ## Long-term health condition: nature of condition This variable indicates whether or not an individual has identified themselves as having a long term health condition which has lasted or is expected to last at least 12 months. The conditions presented as response options were deafness or partial hearing loss, blindness or partial sight loss, a learning disability (for example Down’s Syndrome), a learning difficulty (for example dyslexia), a developmental disorder (for example autistic spectrum disorder or Asperger’s syndrome), a physical disability, a mental health condition, a long-term illness, disease or condition and other condition. (Although the categories ‘Long-term illness, disease or condition’ and ‘Other condition’ were presented as separate response options, they were combined into a composite ‘Other condition’ category for the purposes of statistical outputs.) The classification is shown [here](https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/metadata/long-term-health-condition-nature-of-condition/) ## Long term health condition: Blindness or partial sight loss An indicator for whether a person is blind or partially vision impaired. ## Long term health condition: Deafness or partial hearing loss An indicator for whether a person is deaf or partially hearing impaired. ## Long-term health condition indicator - Long-term Illness An indicator for whether a person has a long term illness (a condition, not listed in the other tick box response options for the long term health conditions question, that a person may have for life, which may be managed with treatment or medication) ## Long-term health condition indicator - Mental Health An indicator for whether a person has a mental health condition (a condition that affects emotional, physical and mental wellbeing) ## Long-term health condition indicator - Physical Disability An indicator for whether a person has a physical disability (a condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, lifting or carrying) ## Long-term health condition indicator – Speaking difficulty (full or partial voice loss) An indicator for whether a person has a speaking difficulty (a condition that requires a person to use equipment to speak). _The quality assurance report can be found [here](https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2022-results/scotland-s-census-2022-quality-assurance-reports/quality-assurance-report-health-disability-and-unpaid-care/)_
Scotland's Census 2022 - UV304 - Long-term health conditions
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