Table 2.
Percentage of 15–16-year-olds reporting different health problems within type and level of reported healthcare use, all numbers stratified by gender (N=13964)
| Asthma |
Allergy |
Poor self-perceived health |
Experienced serious illness/injury past 12 months |
Pain sites ≥3 past 12 months |
HSCL-10≥1.6 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Total numbers reporting health problems | 910 (13.7) | 897 (13.5) | 2756 (41.0) | 2448 (36.5) | 960 (13.9) | 645 (9.4) | 606 (9.2) | 651 (9.9) | 2683 (40.4) | 1473 (22.3) | 2390 (35.2) | 906 (13.4) |
| Within self-reported level of healthcare use | ||||||||||||
| School health services | ||||||||||||
| None | 565 (12.7) | 726 (13.2) | 1758 (39.1) | 2008 (36.1) | 556 (12.1) | 492 (8.7) | 351 (8.0) | 498 (9.1) | 1555 (35.0) | 1135 (20.7) | 1415 (31.1) | 688 (12.2) |
| 1–3 | 270 (15.0) | 150 (14.8) | 821 (44.8) | 398 (38.8) | 296 (15.7) | 132(12.5) | 189 (10.6) | 133 (13.3) | 894 (48.8) | 298 (29.7) | 750 (40.3) | 194 (18.9) |
| ≥4 | 63 (20.7) | 8 (13.3) | 150 (48.1) | 20 (35.1) | 86 (26.8) | 10 (16.7) | 54 (17.9) | 11 (19.3) | 201 (65.3) | 24 (41.4) | 200 (63.3) | 22 (36.7) |
| Youth health clinic | ||||||||||||
| None | 671 (12.8) | 796 (13.1) | 2093 (39.6) | 2214 (36.2) | 679 (12.6) | 553 (8.8) | 433 (8.3) | 567 (9.4) | 1922 (36.8) | 1289 (21.3) | 1709 (32.1) | 786 (12.7) |
| 1–3 | 183 (16.3) | 79 (16.9) | 533 (46.5) | 191 (40.6) | 201 (16.9) | 70 (14.4) | 138 (12.5) | 68 (14.8) | 591 (51.8) | 150 (32.3) | 524 (44.7) | 103 (21.5) |
| ≥4 | 49 (20.3) | 5 (13.5) | 114 (46.5) | 11 (30.6) | 67 (26.4) | 7 (18.4) | 34 (14.3) | 7 (19.4) | 150 (61.7) | 13 (36.1) | 146 (57.9) | 12 (33.3) |
| General practitioner | ||||||||||||
| None | 237 (8.8) | 365 (10.4) | 870 (32.2) | 1128 (31.9) | 258 (9.3) | 301 (8.3) | 108 (4.1) | 192 (5.5) | 805 (30.2) | 605 (17.3) | 796 (29.2) | 437 (12.2) |
| 1–3 | 485 (15.6) | 410 (15.6) | 1413 (44.8) | 1074 (40.7) | 466 (14.4) | 255 (9.4) | 284 (9.2) | 314 (12.0) | 1377 (44.0) | 680 (26.1) | 1155 (36.3) | 373 (13.9) |
| ≥4 | 178 (22.8) | 105 (24.4) | 450 (56.2) | 208 (47.5) | 223 (27.1) | 73 (16.2) | 211 (27.4) | 137 (32.2) | 480 (60.2) | 163 (38.6) | 422 (51.7) | 90 (20.4) |
| Child and adolescent mental health services | ||||||||||||
| None | 810 (13.2) | 834 (13.2) | 2499 (40.3) | 2323 (36.3) | 793 (12.5) | 584 (8.9) | 525 (8.6) | 601 (9.6) | 2383 (38.8) | 1361 (21.6) | 2046 (32.6) | 803 (12.4) |
| ≥1 | 87 (19.5) | 47 (19.5) | 238 (51.7) | 96 (39.8) | 147 (31.5) | 46 (18.5) | 76 (17.7) | 43 (18.5) | 272 (60.0) | 90 (37.5) | 323 (69.5) | 96 (40.5) |
HSCL-10, Hopkin's Symptom Checklist-10.