Scotland: Health
Scotland's population size is 5,295,403
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People with autism experience health inequalities compared with other people, and may have inequalities in accessing health care and services. The most commonly experienced health conditions of people with autism differ from the rest of the population. The causes of these inequalities are complex and multiple, and we need a better understanding to improve this.
The Scottish Strategy for Autism has a focus of achieving equality and access to improved services for all people with autism. To achieve this, it is essential that we improve our understanding of the health, lifespan, health care and health inequalities of people with autism in Scotland.
Health status
| All people | ||||||
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| Health | Female | Male | Total | |||
| Very good | 1,401,965 | 51.4% | 1,376,516 | 53.6% | 2,778,481 | 52.5% |
| Good | 814,949 | 29.9% | 760,051 | 29.6% | 1,575,000 | 29.7% |
| Fair | 351,772 | 12.9% | 293,109 | 11.4% | 644,881 | 12.2% |
| Bad | 121,574 | 4.5% | 104,580 | 4.1% | 226,154 | 4.3% |
| Very bad | 37,699 | 1.4% | 33,188 | 1.3% | 70,887 | 1.3% |
| Total | 2,727,959 | 100.0% | 2,567,444 | 100.0% | 5,295,403 | 100.0% |
| All people | |||
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| Health | Female | Male | Total |
| Very good | 1,401,965 | 1,376,516 | 2,778,481 |
| Good | 814,949 | 760,051 | 1,575,000 |
| Fair | 351,772 | 293,109 | 644,881 |
| Bad | 121,574 | 104,580 | 226,154 |
| Very bad | 37,699 | 33,188 | 70,887 |
| Total | 2,727,959 | 2,567,444 | 5,295,403 |
| People known to have autism | ||||||
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| Health | Female | Male | Total | |||
| Very good | 2,171 | 30.1% | 9,696 | 39.6% | 11,867 | 37.4% |
| Good | 2,417 | 33.5% | 8,550 | 34.9% | 10,967 | 34.6% |
| Fair | 1,710 | 23.7% | 4,542 | 18.5% | 6,252 | 19.7% |
| Bad | 605 | 8.4% | 1,204 | 4.9% | 1,809 | 5.7% |
| Very bad | 319 | 4.4% | 498 | 2.0% | 817 | 2.6% |
| Total | 7,222 | 100.0% | 24,490 | 100.0% | 31,712 | 100.0% |
| People known to have autism | |||
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| Health | Female | Male | Total |
| Very good | 2,171 | 9,696 | 11,867 |
| Good | 2,417 | 8,550 | 10,967 |
| Fair | 1,710 | 4,542 | 6,252 |
| Bad | 605 | 1,204 | 1,809 |
| Very bad | 319 | 498 | 817 |
| Total | 7,222 | 24,490 | 31,712 |
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Summary information
37.4% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 52.5% of all people
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Good/very good health ratings ranged from 65.3% to 80.7% for people known to have autism and from 77.7% to 80.7% for all people across local authorities
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14.8% of people known to have autism have additional mental health conditions compared with 4.3% of people without autism
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Good/very good health ratings for people known to have autism were lowest in Glasgow (65.3%) and highest in Orkney (80.7%)
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18.0% of people known to have autism have learning disabilities compared with 0.4% of people without autism
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