Adult Health in Great Britain, 2012
1 Apr 2014 03:45 PM
Key
findings in 2012:
- Unemployed people (those out of work but looking for
work) were almost twice as likely as those in employment to have a limiting
long-standing illness or disability (17% compared with 9%)
- People with higher incomes were less likely than those
on lower incomes to have a limiting long-standing illness or disability. In
2012, just 6% of those with an income of £50,000 or more had a limiting
long-standing illness or disability, compared with 30% of those with an income
of up to £10,000.
- As
expected, health was strongly associated with age. In 2012, 67% of those aged
75 and over had a long-standing illness or disability. This compared with 14%
of those aged 16 to 24.
- People from white ethnic groups were almost twice as
likely as those from non-white ethnic groups to have a limiting long-standing
illness or disability (20% compared with 11%).
- People living in Wales (26%) were most likely to have a
limiting long-standing illness or disability, when compared with other regions
of Great Britain.
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