TY - JOUR AU - Popham, Frank PY - 2006 DA - 2006/07/21 TI - Is there a "Scottish effect" for self reports of health? Individual level analysis of the 2001 UK census JO - BMC Public Health SP - 191 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Scotland's overall health record is comparatively poor for a Western European country, particularly amongst people of working age. A number of previous studies have explored why this might be the case by comparing mortality in Scotland with England and Wales. A study in the 1980s showed that the higher prevalence of deprivation in Scotland accounted for Scotland's excess mortality risk. However, more recent studies suggest that deprivation now explains less of this excess. This has led to the suggestion that there is a yet unidentified "Scottish effect" contributing to Scotland's mortality excess. Recent research has also suggested that there could be an unidentified effect influencing Scotland's higher rate of heart disease. This paper explores whether there is also an unexplained Scottish excess, relative to England, in self reports of poor health. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-191 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-6-191 ID - Popham2006 ER -