Figures
Figure 1: Image from RBL’s Needs Analysis presentation pack & interactive data dashboard showing the proportion of veterans in the population by local authority, and gender and age breakdowns of veterans, serving personnel and their spouses.
Gender
| Veterans | Spouses/partners of veterans | Serving personnel | Spouses of serving personnel | |
| Male | 86% | 11% | 87% | 11% |
| Female | 14% | 89% | 13% | 89% |
Age
| Veterans | Serving personnel | |||
| 16-34 | 7% | 16-39 | 73% | |
| 35-64 | 40% | 40-59 | 26% | |
| 65+ | 53% | 60+ | 0.5% |
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Figure 3: Image from RBL’s Needs Analysis presentation pack showing the proportion of veterans in Great Britain who are disabled and the proportion of veterans in Scotland with a specific disability or long-term health problem.
Disability within each gender and age group
| 16-24 | 25-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | |
| Male | 7.8% | 10.7% | 15.9% | 23.2% | 44.9% |
| Female | 12.9% | 14.8% | 19.3% | 25.5% | 45.8% |
Disability type
| Veterans | |
| Long-term illness, disease, or condition | 36.2% |
| Is deaf or partially hearing impaired | 22.9% |
| Physical disability | 22.1% |
| Mental health | 10.6% |
| Blind or partially vision impaired | 6.5% |
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