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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics General health and illness by age and gender, 2016-17 to 2019-20
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[Collapse]General healthHealth in general - Good or Very Good242208169213247212171218237205167208
Health in general - Fair435889594256885746599061
Health in general - Bad or Very Bad153441281132402518364230
[Collapse]IllnessThere was a minor change in questions on limiting illness between 2016-17 and 2017-18Any longstanding illnesses9315021114183143210132102157212149
2 or more longstanding illnesses266411661205911255326912067
Limited at all by longstanding illness6810516010358941519278115168113
Limited a lot by longstanding illness3360955727548850396510164
[Collapse]Type of illnessSelected illnessesMusculoskeletal complaints1858975116497641196711560
Heart and circulatory complaints7409138648100428338335
Endocrine and metobolic diseases8294424527442211304426
Respiratory system complaints202534251923342420273426
Mental disorders393111293327102545351333

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General description

Information on general health and illness of adults in Wales by age and gender.

Data collection and calculation

Information is collected via the National Survey for Wales. Based on a sample survey. Sample sizes for some groups are relatively small, and the results should be treated with caution. 95% confidence intervals and sample sizes are also shown to give an indication of the precision of results.
See weblinks.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data is shown from 2016-17 onwards.

Users, uses and context

See weblinks.

Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

See weblinks.

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Title

National Survey for Wales - adult general health and illness by age and gender

Last update

September 2020 September 2020

Next update

None

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

National Survey for Wales, Welsh Government

Statistical quality

See weblinks.

Keywords

National Survey for Wales; National Survey; Well-being; Health

Name

hlth5050