Key data sources

Public Health Scotland produce annual reports on:

Public Health Scotland release laboratory data on a quarterly basis for HIV, and annually for a range of other STIs (including chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhoea).

The Britain-wide National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL) has been conducted four times (1990-1, 2000-1, 2010-12, 2022-2024). A report based on the Scottish data from the 2010-12 survey was published in 2015 and is available from NRS. NATSAL-4 is to be published in due course. 

Impact of COVID-19 on sexual health was specifically explored in NATSAL-COVID study.