Lothian: Health

Population size is 834,350

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  1. Learning disabilities
  2. Autism

All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 236,228 55.2% 228,952 56.9% 465,180 56.1%
Good 124,397 29.1% 115,632 28.8% 240,029 28.9%
Fair 47,261 11.1% 40,018 10.0% 87,279 10.5%
Bad 15,153 3.5% 13,411 3.3% 28,564 3.4%
Very bad 4,621 1.1% 4,146 1.0% 8,767 1.1%
Total 427,660 100.0% 402,159 100.0% 829,819 100.0%
All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 236,228 228,952 465,180
Good 124,397 115,632 240,029
Fair 47,261 40,018 87,279
Bad 15,153 13,411 28,564
Very bad 4,621 4,146 8,767
Total 427,660 402,159 829,819
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 313 27.8% 1,483 40.0% 1,796 37.2%
Good 372 33.1% 1,286 34.7% 1,658 34.3%
Fair 283 25.2% 680 18.4% 963 19.9%
Bad 103 9.2% 185 5.0% 288 6.0%
Very bad 53 4.7% 71 1.9% 124 2.6%
Total 1,124 100.0% 3,705 100.0% 4,829 100.0%
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 313 1,483 1,796
Good 372 1,286 1,658
Fair 283 680 963
Bad 103 185 288
Very bad 53 71 124
Total 1,124 3,705 4,829

Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

1,796

very good


1,658

good


963

fair


288

bad


124

very bad


Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

1,796

very good


1,658

good


963

fair


288

bad


124

very bad


Other health conditions

People known to have autism report the following conditions

247

visual impairment


247

hearing impairment


910

learning disability


747

mental health condition


668

physical disability


1,051

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)

2,265

no condition


1,275

one condition


618

two conditions


671

three or more conditions


Health limitations

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

1,970

limited a lot


1,611

limited a little


1,248

not limited


People known to have autism with good/very good health

  1. Local Authority
  2. Health Board

71.5% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 85.0% of people without autism


  • 13.9% of people known to have autism have 3 or more conditions compared with 13.7% for Scotland


  • In Lothian, 71.5% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 72.0% for Scotland



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