Tayside: Health

Population size is 409,709

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  1. Learning disabilities
  2. Autism

All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 109,327 51.8% 106,083 54.0% 215,410 52.9%
Good 65,382 31.0% 60,291 30.7% 125,673 30.9%
Fair 25,469 12.1% 20,876 10.6% 46,345 11.4%
Bad 8,187 3.9% 6,841 3.5% 15,028 3.7%
Very bad 2,588 1.2% 2,266 1.2% 4,854 1.2%
Total 210,953 100.0% 196,357 100.0% 407,310 100.0%
All people
Age Female Male Total
Very good 109,327 106,083 215,410
Good 65,382 60,291 125,673
Fair 25,469 20,876 46,345
Bad 8,187 6,841 15,028
Very bad 2,588 2,266 4,854
Total 210,953 196,357 407,310
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 205 34.7% 827 41.4% 1,032 39.9%
Good 202 34.2% 699 35.0% 901 34.8%
Fair 134 22.7% 349 17.5% 483 18.7%
Bad 31 5.3% 89 4.5% 120 4.6%
Very bad 18 3.1% 34 1.7% 52 2.0%
Total 590 100.0% 1,998 100.0% 2,588 100.0%
People known to have autism
Age Female Male Total
Very good 205 827 1,032
Good 202 699 901
Fair 134 349 483
Bad 31 89 120
Very bad 18 34 52
Total 590 1,998 2,588

Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

1,032

very good


901

good


483

fair


120

bad


52

very bad


Health status

People known to have autism rate their health as

1,032

very good


901

good


483

fair


120

bad


52

very bad


Other health conditions

People known to have autism report the following conditions

129

visual impairment


151

hearing impairment


455

learning disability


362

mental health condition


339

physical disability


541

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)

1,223

no condition


702

one condition


305

two conditions


358

three or more conditions


Health limitations

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

1,015

limited a lot


909

limited a little


664

not limited


People known to have autism with good/very good health

  1. Local Authority
  2. Health Board

74.7% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 83.7% of people without autism


  • Health ratings are 3rd highest for Tayside compared with all health boards


  • In Tayside, 74.7% of people known to have autism rate their health as good/very good, compared with 72.0% for Scotland



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