City of Edinburgh: Health

Population size is 476,626

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  1. Learning disabilities
  2. Autism

All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 134,359 58.3% 139,204 57.1% 273,563 57.7%
Good 65,309 28.4% 69,705 28.6% 135,014 28.5%
Fair 21,261 9.2% 24,684 10.1% 45,945 9.7%
Bad 7,151 3.1% 7,634 3.1% 14,785 3.1%
Very bad 2,203 1.0% 2,435 1.0% 4,638 1.0%
Total 230,283 100.0% 243,662 100.0% 473,945 100.0%
All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 134,359 139,204 273,563
Good 65,309 69,705 135,014
Fair 21,261 24,684 45,945
Bad 7,151 7,634 14,785
Very bad 2,203 2,435 4,638
Total 230,283 243,662 473,945
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 796 38.3% 161 26.8% 957 35.7%
Good 723 34.7% 200 33.3% 923 34.4%
Fair 406 19.5% 154 25.7% 560 20.9%
Bad 106 5.1% 55 9.2% 161 6.0%
Very bad 50 2.4% 30 5.0% 80 3.0%
Total 2,081 100.0% 600 100.0% 2,681 100.0%
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 796 161 957
Good 723 200 923
Fair 406 154 560
Bad 106 55 161
Very bad 50 30 80
Total 2,081 600 2,681

Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

957

very good


923

good


560

fair


161

bad


80

very bad


Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

957

very good


923

good


560

fair


161

bad


80

very bad


Other health conditions

People known to have autism report the following conditions

140

visual impairment


142

hearing impairment


474

learning disability


465

mental health condition


352

physical disability


572

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)

1,253

no condition


719

one condition


346

two conditions


363

three or more conditions


Health limitations

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

1,079

limited a lot


888

limited a little


714

not limited


People known to have autism with good/very good health

  1. Local Authority
  2. Health Board

70.1% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 86.2% of people without autism


  • 13.5% of people known to have autism have 3 or more conditions compared with 13.7% for Scotland


  • In Edinburgh, 70.1% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 72.0% for Scotland



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