Population Health Information
Charting the health of Scotland's population – trends, comparisons and contexts – is essential if we are to know how best to inform action, target resources and assess the impact of programmes and policies.
Mental Health Indicators
Details of ongoing work to establish a core set of national indicators that can be used to measure changes in the mental health and well-being of Scotland's population.
Survey Data
NHS Health Scotland currently funds two national surveys: the Health Education Population Survey and the Scottish component of the international survey on Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (external link).
Information on these and other surveys particularly relevant to Scottish health is provided at ScotPHO's survey pages.
Health Profiles and International Comparisons
Descriptive profiles of places and populations provide a context for local action.
Community Health and Well-being Profiles are available on ScotPHO
International comparisons are available on ScotPHO
A detailed report on trends in mortality in Scotland and other parts of post-industrial Europe is published by GCPH
Tobacco
A Briefing on tobacco epidemiology in Scotland describes the size of the problem, trends over time, impact on population sub-groups and what might be done to tackle the issue.
A Tobacco Atlas of local smoking prevalence is on ScotPHO.
Last updated 11 July 2008