Data introduction

The topics covered in this section of the website are:

• Teenage pregnancy
• Termination of Pregnancy (abortion)
• Sexually transmitted infections
• High risk groups
• Long Acting Reversible Contraception
• Sexual wellbeing

Information on the sexual health of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) population in Scotland can be found within the ScotPHO sexual minorities section.  At present, data on gender identity are not routinely collected or reported within the above sources and so it is not currently possible to present information on sexual health outcomes among people of different gender identities (e.g. cisgender, trans and nonbinary populations) within Scotland.

For more data on sexual health (including teen pregnancy) see the Public Health Scotland website.  

In recognition of the need to take a wider view of data to provide high quality sexual health information, two divisions of NHS National Services Scotland (ISD and Health Protection Scotland), are collaborating in the Data Augmentation for Sexual Health (DASH) work. This joint data development work supports service planning and redesign for sexual health by providing information to support and monitor the implementation of sexual health policy/framework as well as the Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) sexual health service standards.

The data on the following pages are mainly derived from:

• • Information Services Division (ISD) publication Teenage Pregnancy year of conception, ending 31 December 2019.
  • ISD publication Long Acting Reversible Methods of Contraception in Scotland, year ending 31 March 2021.
  • Health protection Scotland (HPS) STI surveillance reports.
  • The 3rd National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL-3) Scotland report.
  • Public Health Scotland (PHS) Termination of pregnancy statistics, year ending December 2021.

Please note that throughout these sections we have adopted terminology used within the data sources (e.g. women and men vs females and males)