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General health and illness additional variables, 2016-17 to 2019-20

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2019-20

General health

Health in general - Good or Very Good

72

70

72

71

Health in general - Very Good

37

36

37

33

Health in general - Good

35

34

35

38

Health in general - Fair

20

20

19

20

Health in general - Bad

6

7

6

7

Health in general - Very Bad

2

3

2

2

Health in general - Bad or Very Bad

8

10

9

9

Illness

There was a minor change in questions on limiting illness between 2016-17 and 2017-18

Any longstanding illnesses

47

46

46

48

2 or more longstanding illnesses

21

21

19

21

Limited at all by longstanding illness

33

34

33

35

Limited a lot by longstanding illness

16

20

18

19

Type of illness

Neoplasms and benign growths

2

2

2

2

Endocrine and metabolic diseases

8

8

7

8

Mental disorders

8

9

9

11

Nervous system illness

4

4

4

4

Eye complaints

2

2

2

2

Ear complaints

2

3

2

2

Heart and circulatory illness

13

13

13

13

Respiratory system illness

8

9

8

9

Digestive system illness

4

4

3

4

Genito-urinary system illness

2

2

2

2

Musculoskeletal illness

17

17

17

17

Infectious diseases

0

0

0

0

Blood and related organs illness

1

1

1

1

Skin complaints

1

1

1

1

Limited by Neoplasms and benign growths

1

1

1

2

Limited by Endocrine and metabolic diseases

4

4

3

4

Limited by Mental disorders

7

8

8

10

Limited by Nervous system complaints

4

3

3

4

Limited by Eye complaints

2

2

2

1

Limited by Ear complaints

1

2

1

2

Limited by Heart and circulatory complaints

6

6

6

6

Limited by Respiratory system complaints

5

5

5

5

Limited by Digestive system complaints

3

3

2

3

Limited by Genito-urinary system complaints

2

2

2

2

Limited by Musculoskeletal complaints

15

16

15

15

Limited by Infectious diseases

0

0

0

0

Limited by Blood and related organs complaints

1

1

1

1

Limited by Skin complaints

1

1

1

1

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General description

Information on general health and illness of adults in Wales additional variables.

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.
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Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data is shown from 2016-17 onwards.

Users, uses and context

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Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

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Title

National Survey for Wales - adult general health and illness additional variables

Last update

September 2020

Next update

None

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

National Survey for Wales, Welsh Government

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

Statistical quality

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Keywords

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

Weblinks

National Survey for Wales:
http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/national-survey/?lang=en
Revisions, errors and postponements
http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/about/statement-of-compliance/revisions-errors-postponements/
Well-being of Wales:
https://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/well-being-wales/?lang=en

Name

hlth5053

StatsWales