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    • Alcohol
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    • Multiple Risk Factors
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    • Obesity
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      • Data
        • Data introduction
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        • Adults
        • Children
        • Deprivation
        • International
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      • Key references and evidence
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    • Physical Activity
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        • Adults
        • Children
      • Key data sources
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    • Sexual Health
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        • Data introduction
        • Teenage pregnancy
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    • Tobacco Use
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        • Data introduction
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        • Maternal smoking
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    • Violence
  • Wider Determinants
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    • Crime and Violence
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      • Key data sources
    • Deprivation
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    • Homelessness
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        • Demographics
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    • Housing
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      • Introduction
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        • Data introduction
        • Availability and affordability
        • Housing quality and overcrowding
        • Fuel poverty
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    • Income and Employment
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        • Data introduction
        • Household income
        • Working-age poverty
        • Availability of work
        • Quality of work
        • Worklessness
        • Welfare reform
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    • Physical Environment
      • Introduction and policy context
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        • Data introduction
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        • Active travel and traffic
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    • Rurality (ARCHIVED)
    • Social Environment
      • Introduction
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        • Data introduction
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        • Rating of neighbourhood
        • Providers of unpaid care
        • Volunteering
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    • Transport
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      • Introduction
      • Policy context
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        • Data introduction
        • Journeys by mode
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    • Children and Young People
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
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        • Data introduction
        • Physical health and wellbeing
        • Mental health and wellbeing
        • Health behaviours
        • Wider determinants and risk factors
      • Key data sources
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    • Disability
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      • Introduction
      • Policy context
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        • Data introduction
        • Adults unable to work due to illness / disability
        • Limiting long-term health conditions and illness
        • Self assessed health
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    • Ethnic Minorities
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      • Introduction
      • Policy context
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        • Data introduction
        • Population composition
        • Self-assessed health from censuses
        • Classification of ethnicity in Census
        • Mortality by country of birth
        • Disease incidence
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        • Specialised databases
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      • Defining ethnicity and race
    • Gender
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
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        • Data introduction
        • Demography
        • Gender-related health inequalities
        • Gender-based violence
        • Gender inequalities in wider determinants of health
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
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    • Older People
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
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        • Data introduction
        • Scottish population demographics
        • Poverty in older people
        • Factors affecting health
        • Health & wellbeing in older adults in Scotland
        • Inequalities in older people
      • Key data sources
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      • Useful links
    • Prisoners
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
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        • Prison population
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    • Religion, Spirituality and Belief
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        • Demographics
        • Geographic area
        • Area deprivation and socioeconomic status
        • Mortality
        • Health behaviours
        • Limiting long-term illness
        • Ethnicity
        • Age
        • Mental health
        • Prejudice and discrimination
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Sexual Minorities
      • Key points
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Number in Scotland
        • Health issues
      • Key data sources
  • Comparative Health
    • Excess Mortality in Scotland and Glasgow
    • Health Inequalities
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Scottish trends
        • UK trends
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Health Inequalities Tools (ARCHIVED)
    • Profiles
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        • Council reports
        • Evidence for action
    • Scotland and European HfA Database (ARCHIVED)
  • Population Dynamics
    • Deaths
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      • Introduction
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Scotland
        • NHS boards
        • Councils
        • Deprivation
        • Most frequent causes
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references
      • Useful links
    • Migration
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Scottish migration trends
        • HB migration estimates
        • Council estimates
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Population Estimates and Projections
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Population estimates
        • Population projections
        • Household projections
      • Key data sources
      • Key references
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    • Pregnancy, Births and Maternity
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors during pregnancy
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Population fertility
        • Teenage pregnancy
        • Pregnancy outcomes - birth outcomes
        • Pregnancy outcomes - stillbirth, neonatal and infant deaths, and maternal deaths
        • Infant feeding and breastfeeding
      • Key data sources
      • Definitions
  • Health Conditions
    • Allergic Conditions
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Determinants
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Primary care data
        • Secondary care data
        • ICD10 codes
        • International comparisons
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Asthma
      • Key points
      • Introduction and risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Primary care
        • Secondary care
        • Mortality data
        • Survey and burden of disease data
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Cancer
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Scottish data
      • Key data sources
      • Useful links
    • Chronic Liver Disease
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Mortality
        • Hospital stays
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Coding considerations
        • Primary care data
        • Secondary care data
        • Mortality data
        • Deprivation data
        • NHS board data
        • Smoking data
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Coronary Heart Disease
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Scottish data
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
      • COVID-19 Wider Impacts
      • ScotPHO COVID-19 Community Vulnerability
      • COVID-19 Impact Surveys
      • COVID-19 burden of disease
    • Diabetes
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Primary care
        • Secondary care
        • Scottish Diabetes Survey
        • Mortality
        • International comparisons
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Epilepsy
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Primary care
        • Secondary care
        • Mortality
      • Key data sources
      • Key references
    • Hepatitis C
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Scotland and UK
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Immunisations
      • Introduction and key points
      • Data
        • Vaccine uptake data
        • Children
        • Teenagers
        • Older adults
        • COVID-19
      • Key data sources
    • Infections
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Blood-borne infections
        • Gastrointestinal infections
        • Vaccine-preventable diseases
        • Respiratory infections
        • Healthcare associated infections
        • Travel health
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Injuries
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Population surveys
        • Secondary care
        • Home injuries
        • Road traffic injuries
        • Workplace injuries
        • Fire injuries
        • Mortality
        • UK and international
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Kidney Disease
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Scottish data
        • UK and international data / comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Mental Health
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data in Scotland & international comparisons
        • Adult mental health
        • Children and young people's mental health
        • Autism
        • Dementia
        • Depression and anxiety
        • Perinatal mental health
        • Schizophrenia
        • Suicide
        • Vulnerable groups
        • Deprivation
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Multiple Sclerosis
      • Introduction
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data on multiple sclerosis
        • Primary care
        • Secondary care
        • NHS boards
        • Mortality
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references
    • Oral Health
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Children - trend data
        • Children - NHS board data
        • Children - inequalities data
        • Children - international data
        • Adults - trend data
        • Adults - future projections
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Screening
      • Introduction and policy context
      • Data
      • Key data sources
      • References
    • Stroke
      • Key points
      • Introduction
      • Risk factors
      • Policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Scottish data
        • International comparisons
      • Key data sources
      • Key references and evidence
      • Useful links
    • Suicide
      • Introduction and policy context
      • Data
        • Data introduction
        • Scottish trends
      • Key data sources and useful links
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    • About ScotPHO
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      • 2025
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      • 2024
        • 17th December 2024 - Quarterly website update
        • 24th September 2024 - Quarterly website update
        • 25th June 2024 - Quarterly website update
        • 4th June 2024 - Update to Drugs section
        • 26th March 2024 - Quarterly website update
      • 2023
        • 12th December 2023 - Quarterly website update
        • 26th September 2023 - Quarterly website update
        • 27th June 2023 - Quarterly website update
        • 21st March 2023 - Quarterly website update
      • 2022
        • 20th December 2022 - Quarterly website update
        • 27th September 2022 - Quarterly website update
        • 28th June 2022 - Quarterly website update
        • 29th March 2022 - Quarterly website update
        • 15th March 2022 - Drug use section update
      • 2021
        • 14th December 2021 - Quarterly website update
        • 28th September 2021 - Quarterly website update
        • 29th June 2021 - Quarterly website update
        • 30th March 2021 - Quarterly website update
      • 2020
        • 15th December 2020 - Quarterly website update
        • 29th September 2020 - Quarterly website update
        • 30th June 2020 - Quarterly website update
        • 8th April 2020 - ScotPHO COVID-19 Community Vulnerability
        • 31st March 2020 - Quarterly website update
      • 2019
        • 17th December 2019 - Quarterly website update
        • 24th September 2019 - Quarterly website update
        • 25th June 2019 - Quarterly website update
        • 14th June 2019 - Scottish Burden of Disease Study, 2016 – Local geography / sub-national burden of disease estimates
        • 12th March 2019 - Quarterly website update
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