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TABLE 7. Local surveys giving informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> VSA in the United Kingdom (c<strong>on</strong>tinued).<br />

Survey<br />

Type Place Year N<br />

Age range % VSA<br />

(yrs)<br />

& sex<br />

Faber (1985) East Sussex 1983 7,343 11-18 8.1%<br />

Diam<strong>on</strong>d et al. (1988) School Boumemouth 1986 602 14-16 8.8%<br />

Ellis and colleagues (1988) School P<strong>on</strong>tefract<br />

Brown & Lawt<strong>on</strong> (1988) School Portsmouth &<br />

Havant<br />

1986 &<br />

1987<br />

1986 &<br />

1987<br />

1,882 14-15<br />

1.5%<br />

24% absentees<br />

1,063 11-19 over 4%<br />

> 7% age 11

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