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8.1.3 Total Estimated Resident Young People With Main Risk Factors
From the 2008-09 Young People Health and Lifestyle Survey, the prevalence of lifestyle
risk factors has been calculated for each school year (7-11; aged 11-12 years to 15-16
years), and then applied the resident population estimates (October 2008) to obtain the
estimated total number of young people with the risk factors (Table 95). The prevalence
of the individual risk factors are not presented as it differs substantially with age
(prevalence is given within the specific sections relating to each individual risk factor).
The survey did not ask young people their height or weight so measures of obesity
cannot be ascertained from the survey. Data is available on overweight and obesity for
those attending Primary Schools from the National Children Measurement Programme,
where children in reception year (aged 4-5 years) and Year 6 (aged 10-11 years) have
their heights and weights measured by school nurses (see section 8.5.4 on page 280).
Numbers rounded to the nearest 100 young people.
Table 95: Estimated young people aged 11-16 years with lifestyle risk factors, 2008-09
Risk
factor
Smoking
Weight
Diet
Exercise
Alcohol
Drugs
Definition Estimated total resident population
aged 11-16 years with specified risk
factor, 2008-09 (total Oct 08 pop)
Males Females Total
(n=8,445)
(n=7,888)
(n=16,333)
Smoked in last week 600 1,200 1,800
Regular or occasional smoker 500 1,200 1,700
Regular smoker 300 700 1,000
Don‟t smoke now but may in future 600 700 1,300
I would like to lose weight 3,300 5,200 8,500
I would like to gain weight 1,700 800 2,500
Healthy diet - no 1,900 1,700 3,600
Healthy diet - don‟t know 1,500 1,600 3,100
Healthy diet - no/don't know 3,300 3,300 6,600
I would like to eat a healthier diet 4,900 6,000 10,800
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