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Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons, Scotland 2010

To present national figures on visually impaired persons registered with Local Authorities in Scotland.

Local Authority	Under 65 years		Over 65 years		Total	Registered per 1,000 Pop'n
Local Authority	Male	Female	Male	Female	Total	Registered per 1,000 Pop'n
Aberdeen City	163	124	176	409	872	4.1
Aberdeenshire	133	101	197	414	845	3.5
Angus	69	65	149	334	617	5.6
Argyll & Bute	79	64	243	490	876	9.7
Clackmannanshire	35	33	77	158	303	6.0
Dumfries & Galloway	118	100	271	473	962	6.5
Dundee City	146	100	178	389	813	5.7
East Ayrshire	113	80	167	344	704	5.9
East Dunbartonshire	81	66	101	180	428	4.1
East Lothian	83	87	193	387	750	7.7
East Renfrewshire	54	62	200	439	755	8.5
Edinburgh, City of	451	370	853	1,810	3,484	7.3
Eilean Siar	20	15	25	76	136	5.2
Falkirk	130	119	220	423	892	5.8
Fife	316	272	432	903	1,923	5.3
Glasgow City	723	610	1,488	2,922	5,743	9.8
Highland	208	149	274	609	1,240	5.6
Inverclyde	85	67	101	226	479	6.0
Midlothian	95	70	162	313	640	7.9
Moray	59	45	102	188	394	4.5
North Ayrshire	150	124	286	503	1,063	7.8
North Lanarkshire	380	330	778	1,354	2,842	8.7
Orkney Islands	16	9	20	43	88	4.4
Perth & Kinross	79	86	201	437	803	5.5
Renfrewshire	176	158	241	497	1,072	6.3
Scottish Borders	84	63	201	407	755	6.7
Shetland Islands	9	10	18	41	78	3.5
South Ayrshire	87	87	224	466	864	7.8
South Lanarkshire	351	329	508	1,007	2,195	7.1
Stirling	67	72	139	300	578	6.5
West Dunbartonshire	111	76	108	241	536	5.9
West Lothian	138	131	175	318	762	4.5
Whole Scotland	4,809	4,074	8,508	17,101	34,492	6.6

Source: Registration of Blind and Partially Sighted Persons Return Form SWB

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