This section explores various health related statistics in Clackmannanshire. The information used on this page was obtained from:
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The most recent findings estimate 8,485 adult smokers in Clackmannanshire, 547 or 6.4% of whom attempted to quit smoking in 2016/17. The NHS reported a 47.6% success rate (quit after 1 month) in smoking cessation in Clackmannanshire for 2017/18 - higher than the 38.4% in Scotland as a whole.
Percentage of children in primary 1 receiving a review whose BMI falls within the following epidemiological categories:
BMI category | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healthy weight | 80.3% (77.5%) |
72.6% (76.4%) |
78.4% (77.1%) |
74.7 (76.8) |
73.6 (76.1 |
@ risk of overweight | 11.9% (12.0%) |
16.5% (12.4%) |
11.1% (12%) |
13.4 (12.2) |
13.1 (12.4) |
@ risk of obesity | 7.2% (9.3%) |
10.3% (10.1%) |
10.1% (9.8%) |
10.4 (9.9) |
12.7 (10.5) |
@ risk of overweight & obesity | 19.1% (21.3%) |
26.8% (22.6%) |
21.2% (21.8%) |
23.8 (22.1) |
25.8 (22.9) |
Scottish average values are shown in brackets
Clackmannanshire has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding (at the first visit) in Scotland.
2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2017/18 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
% breastfed (mixed breast and formula fed) | 30.0 (47.1) |
31.6 (48.4) |
33 (48.3) |
31.5 (49.3) |
33.8 (51.3) |
% exclusively breastfed | 23.3 (35.2) |
23.3 (35.4) |
26 (35.2) |
25.3 (35.6) |
24.8 (36.4) |
Scottish average values are shown in brackets
Year | Clackmannanshire | Scotland |
---|---|---|
2010/12 | 27 (9.8) | 1,602 (6.1) |
2011/13 | 31 (11.5) | 1,382 (5.3) |
2012/14 | 29 (11.1) | 1,242 (4.9) |
2013/15 | 18 (6.9) | 994 (4.0) |
2014/16 | 13 (5.1) | 839 (3.5) |
Includes all pregnancies in women aged under 16. The rate is calculated using the female population aged 13-15. (*) show rates per 1000 women.
Year | Clackmannanshire | Scotland |
---|---|---|
2010/12 | 123 (42.2) | 8,498 (31.1) |
2011/13 | 120 (42.4) | 7,421 (27.5) |
2012/14 | 108 (39.5) | 6,637 (24.9) |
2013/15 | 91 (34.2) | 5,838 (22.3) |
2014/16 | 76 (28.9) | 5,228 (20.4) |
Includes all pregnancies in women aged under 18. The rate is calculated using the female population aged 15-17. (*) show rates per 1000 women.
Numbers and rates are shown as three year rolling aggregates, i.e. number is the addition of the values for each of the individual three year and the denominator used to calculate the rates is the addition of the populations for each of the three years.
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