As shown below, the general health of ‘non-white’ ethnic minorities tends to be better than for ‘white’ people in Grampian and across Scotland as a whole. This likely relates to different age profiles, as shown above. Separate data was not available for ‘white’ ethnic minorities.
| Health Status | Ethnicity | Aberdeen City | Aberdeenshire | Moray | Grampian Average | Scotland Average |
| Good or Very Good | ‘White’ | 85% | 87% | 85% | 86% | 82% |
| Good or Very Good | ‘Non-White’ | 96% | 94% | 89% | 95% | 90% |
| Fair | Scottish/British | 11% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair | Ethnic Minority | 4% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 7% |
| Bad or Very Bad | Scottish/British | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Bad or Very Bad | Ethnic Minority | 1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 3% |
Data Source: 2011, Scotland’s Census, Table LC3206SC.