This statistic displays the proportion of children who have a long-term condition, limiting or non-limiting in Scotland from 2008 to 2021, by gender. In the year 2021, 24 percent of boys and 19 percent of girls had a long-term health condition.
Proportion of children with long-term conditions in Scotland from 2008 to 2021, by gender
* Weighted bases: n (2008)=1,750, n (2009)=2,606, n (2010)=1,791, n (2011)=1,981, n (2012)=1,786, n (2013)=1,837, n (2014)=1,665, n (2015)=1,420, n(2016)=1,561, n(2017)=1,609, n(2018)= 1,979. Long-term conditions are defined as a physical or mental health condition or illness lasting, or expected to last 12 months or more. A long-term condition was defined as limiting if the respondent reported that it limited their activities in any way.
No surveys were conducted in 2019 and 2020.
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Scottish Government. (November 30, 2022). Proportion of children with long-term conditions in Scotland from 2008 to 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/374270/children-with-long-term-conditions-by-gender-in-scotland/
Scottish Government. "Proportion of children with long-term conditions in Scotland from 2008 to 2021, by gender." Chart. November 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/374270/children-with-long-term-conditions-by-gender-in-scotland/
Scottish Government. (2022). Proportion of children with long-term conditions in Scotland from 2008 to 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/374270/children-with-long-term-conditions-by-gender-in-scotland/
Scottish Government. "Proportion of Children with Long-term Conditions in Scotland from 2008 to 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/374270/children-with-long-term-conditions-by-gender-in-scotland/
Scottish Government, Proportion of children with long-term conditions in Scotland from 2008 to 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/374270/children-with-long-term-conditions-by-gender-in-scotland/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Proportion of children with long-term conditions in Scotland from 2008 to 2021, by gender [Graph], Scottish Government, November 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/374270/children-with-long-term-conditions-by-gender-in-scotland/
