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Statistics Release: Adults with Learning Disabilities Implementation of 'Same as You?' Scotland 2007

Published: 25 March 2008
ISBN: 9780755970582

To present the fifth set of National figures for services provided for adults with learning disabilities.

Annex A: Adults with Learning Disabilities Known to Local Authorities, 2007

Authority	MALES				FEMALES				Total	Adults known per 1,000 Pop'n
Authority	16-20	21-64	65+	Total	16-20	21-64	65+	Total	Total	Adults known per 1,000 Pop'n
Aberdeen City	32	328	34	394	16	214	26	256	650	3.7
Aberdeenshire	180	749	85	1,014	69	511	84	664	1,678	8.8
Angus	54	169	15	238	41	164	25	230	468	5.2
Argyll & Bute	22	165	18	205	12	158	17	187	392	5.2
Clackmannanshire	9	90	4	103	5	62	7	74	177	4.5
Dumfries & Galloway	81	354	31	466	42	270	24	336	802	6.6
Dundee City	40	453	53	546	32	326	48	406	952	8.0
East Ayrshire	30	252	23	305	19	173	22	214	519	5.3
East Dunbartonshire	18	175	25	218	7	134	31	172	390	4.6
East Lothian	27	165	18	210	9	139	7	155	365	4.9
East Renfrewshire	22	185	16	223	8	151	38	197	420	5.9
Edinburgh	236	934	110	1,280	162	654	105	921	2,201	5.6
Eilean Siar	15	40	4	59	8	51	5	64	123	5.7
Falkirk	32	306	46	384	13	217	27	257	641	5.3
Fife	78	457	22	557	71	375	20	466	1,023	3.5
Glasgow City	104	1,281	123	1,508	84	975	96	1,155	2,663	5.5
Highland	40	392	19	451	27	330	31	388	839	4.8
Inverclyde	20	200	24	244	17	160	33	210	454	6.8
Midlothian	27	278	38	343	17	216	47	280	623	9.8
Moray	28	203	21	252	27	156	14	197	449	6.3
North Ayrshire	30	260	14	304	16	196	11	223	527	4.8
North Lanarkshire	105	555	78	738	60	455	114	629	1,367	5.3
Orkney Islands	11	33	0	44	*	26	*	35	79	4.9
Perth & Kinross	12	200	14	226	12	140	9	161	387	3.4
Renfrewshire	34	488	28	550	24	242	39	305	855	6.2
Scottish Borders	34	241	31	306	19	170	50	239	545	6.0
Shetland Isles	13	51	5	69	*	30	*	42	111	6.4
South Ayrshire	34	245	9	288	14	182	19	215	503	5.4
South Lanarkshire	106	396	19	521	55	343	24	422	943	3.8
Stirling	43	210	31	284	18	161	22	201	485	6.8
West Dunbartonshire	23	228	13	264	8	172	16	196	460	6.2
West Lothian	82	340	33	455	42	245	42	329	784	6.0
Scotland	1,622	10,423	1,004	13,049	970	7,798	1,058	9,826	22,875	5.5

Source: Same as You? annual survey 2007

Age and Gender of Adults with Learning Disabilities Known to Local Authorities, 2003-2007

		2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Male	16-20	965	1,433	1,421	1,468	1,622
	21-64	8,142	9,620	10,061	10,413	10,423
	65+	895	1,142	1,086	1,063	1,004
	Total	10,002	12,195	12,568	12,944	13,049
Female	16-20	603	929	845	868	970
	21-64	6,579	7,885	7,961	7,950	7,798
	65+	882	1,115	1,099	1,097	1,058
	Total	8,064	9,929	9,905	9,915	9,826
Total	16-20	1,568	2,362	2,266	2,336	2,592
	21-64	14,721	17,505	18,022	18,363	18,221
	65+	1,777	2,257	2,185	2,160	2,062
	Total	18,066	22,124	22,473	22,859	22,875

Source: Same as You? annual survey 2007

Notes

Adults known per 1,000 Pop'n - This is the number of adults with learning disabilities known to local authorities per 1,000 of the population aged 16 and above.
Some figures have not been displayed (*) for individual local authorities to maintain confidentiality.
Figures for Argyll & Bute, Eilean Siar and Perth & Kinross are based on 2006 estimates.

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