Scottish cities

This page presents a series of graphs illustrating disability rates and trends.

People with day-to-day activities limited by a long-term health problem or disability, Scottish cities and Scotland, 2011According to the Scottish census in 2011, 23% of Glaswegians (of all ages) report being limited by a long-term health problem or disability in their day-to-day activities, either 'a little' or 'a lot'. There is a higher percentage of people with a disability in Glasgow than in any of the other selected Scottish cities and than the Scottish average (20%).

Working age disability in selected Scottish cities and Scotland, April 2015-March 2016There is a higher level of reported disability among working age people in Glasgow (24%) than in the other selected Scottish cities and in Scotland as a whole. 

Trends in working age disbility for Scottish cities and Scotland, April 2013-March 2016

Glasgow has had the highest level of working age disability among the selected Scottish cities over the past three years, and Edinburgh the lowest. While the level of reported disability has decreased in Aberdeen in since 2014/15, it has increased in Glasgow and Edinburgh. 

Notes

The definition of disability varies with the measure used. For other measures of disability, see the pages on working age disability, ESA and incapacity benefits, employment with disability, and the data from the Family Resource Survey.

The Annual Population Survey's disability category includes people with a long-term condition which substantially limits their day-to-day activities (Equality Act Core disabled), and those who have a long-term disability which affects the kind or amount of work they might do (work-limiting disabled).