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.
Scotland's Health in an International Context
Find out about current and past work on comparing Scotland's health with that of other areas around the world.
Survey Data
Survey data are an important source of information for monitoring changes in health, and its determinants, over time and between places and population subgroups.
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.
Tobacco Briefing
A new briefing on tobacco epidemiology in Scotland has been published. It describes the size of the problem, trends over time, impact on population sub-groups and what might be done to tackle the issue. It can be accessed at ScotPHO.
Last updated 14th March 2008