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Scottish Health Survey
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published a report using the latest Scottish Health Survey data to investigate the so-called "Glasgow Effect" whereby higher levels of mortality and poor health have been said to exist in Glasgow beyond that explained by socio-economic circumstances.
The report looks at whether residence in Glasgow was independently associated with poorer health outcomes and worse health behaviours compared to the rest of Scotland, after controlling for socio-economic, behavioural, biological and other health-related risk factors.This report is one of a series of Scottish Health Survey topic reports providing in-depth analysis into specific topics, and uses data from the two most recent surveys (2008 and 2009).
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