Borders: Health

Population size is 113,870

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  1. Learning disabilities
  2. Autism

All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 30,856 52.7% 29,389 53.7% 60,245 53.2%
Good 18,335 31.3% 16,731 30.6% 35,066 31.0%
Fair 6,886 11.8% 6,298 11.5% 13,184 11.6%
Bad 1,940 3.3% 1,779 3.3% 3,719 3.3%
Very bad 540 0.9% 481 0.9% 1,021 0.9%
Total 58,557 100.0% 54,678 100.0% 113,235 100.0%
All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 30,856 29,389 60,245
Good 18,335 16,731 35,066
Fair 6,886 6,298 13,184
Bad 1,940 1,779 3,719
Very bad 540 481 1,021
Total 58,557 54,678 113,235
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 47 30.7% 197 40.9% 244 38.4%
Good 44 28.8% 161 33.4% 205 32.3%
Fair 43 28.1% 98 20.3% 141 22.2%
Bad 8 5.2% 18 3.7% 26 4.1%
Very bad 11 7.2% 8 1.7% 19 3.0%
Total 153 100.0% 482 100.0% 635 100.0%
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 47 197 244
Good 44 161 205
Fair 43 98 141
Bad 8 18 26
Very bad 11 8 19
Total 153 482 635

Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

244

very good


205

good


141

fair


26

bad


19

very bad


Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

244

very good


205

good


141

fair


26

bad


19

very bad


Other health conditions

People known to have autism report the following conditions

25

visual impairment


25

hearing impairment


166

learning disability


99

mental health condition


88

physical disability


136

other condition


Number of other conditions

Number of other conditions people known to have autism report (limited to small range of conditions collected in the census)

270

no condition


182

one condition


91

two conditions


92

three or more conditions


Health limitations

People known to have autism who say their day-to-day activities are limited due to health problems

267

limited a lot


196

limited a little


172

not limited


People known to have autism with good/very good health

  1. Local Authority
  2. Health Board

70.7% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 84.2% of people without autism


  • 14.5% of people known to have autism have 3 or more conditions compared with 13.7% for Scotland


  • In Borders, 70.7% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 72.0% for Scotland



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