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Statistics Release: Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons, Scotland 2006

The purpose of this statistics release is to present national figures on visually impaired persons registered with Local Authorities in Scotland.

Registered Blind by Local Authority, 2006

Local Authority	Under 65 years		Over 65 years		Total	Registered Blind per 1,000 Pop'n
Local Authority	Male	Female	Male	Female	Total	Registered Blind per 1,000 Pop'n
Aberdeen City	78	57	103	227	465	2.3
Aberdeenshire	58	52	100	219	429	1.9
Angus	40	36	68	175	319	3.0
Argyll & Bute	43	28	121	278	470	5.2
Clackmannanshire	16	12	34	76	138	2.9
Dumfries & Galloway	52	44	107	230	433	3.0
Dundee City	97	66	125	229	517	3.7
East Ayrshire	66	47	108	208	429	3.7
East Dunbartonshire	15	12	23	59	109	1.0
East Lothian	46	35	80	147	308	3.3
East Renfrewshire	35	30	121	231	417	4.6
Edinburgh City	212	177	385	766	1,540	3.4
Eilean Siar	13	10	22	46	91	3.6
Falkirk	75	54	102	211	442	3.0
Fife	158	129	210	482	979	2.8
Glasgow City	596	525	1,318	2,761	5,200	9.2
Highland	123	114	185	462	884	4.3
Inverclyde	46	42	88	200	376	4.6
Midlothian	48	19	62	97	226	2.8
Moray	37	24	91	161	313	3.7
North Ayrshire	100	72	211	395	778	5.8
North Lanarkshire	248	228	641	1,233	2,350	7.3
Orkney Islands	13	4	16	32	65	3.5
Perth & Kinross	33	37	92	224	386	2.8
Renfrewshire	94	76	145	258	573	3.4
Scottish Borders	35	29	96	182	342	3.2
Shetland Islands	7	2	6	22	37	1.7
South Ayrshire	57	41	140	314	552	5.0
South Lanarkshire	213	197	365	622	1,397	4.6
Stirling	42	34	82	149	307	3.5
West Dunbartonshire	59	45	69	134	307	3.4
West Lothian	62	52	96	172	382	2.3
Scotland	2,817	2,330	5,412	11,002	21,561	4.3

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

Registered Partially Sighted by Local Authority, 2006

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	69	60	98	250	477	2.4
Aberdeenshire	59	48	102	230	439	1.9
Angus	37	26	43	143	249	2.3
Argyll & Bute	35	32	148	246	461	5.1
Clackmannanshire	11	14	27	68	120	2.5
Dumfries & Galloway	68	65	131	250	514	3.5
Dundee City	60	39	100	254	453	3.3
East Ayrshire	42	25	64	152	283	2.4
East Dunbartonshire	5	3	12	31	51	0.5
East Lothian	33	33	91	180	337	3.6
East Renfrewshire	14	23	65	156	258	2.8
Edinburgh City	182	153	346	830	1,511	3.4
Eilean Siar	6	6	10	34	56	2.2
Falkirk	43	51	81	195	370	2.5
Fife	109	104	187	425	825	2.3
Glasgow City	353	334	647	1,466	2,800	4.9
Highland	93	82	121	338	634	3.1
Inverclyde	49	23	103	206	381	4.7
Midlothian	33	29	68	128	258	3.2
Moray	17	23	17	51	108	1.3
North Ayrshire	49	49	120	229	447	3.3
North Lanarkshire	116	110	250	449	925	2.9
Orkney Islands	5	6	4	12	27	1.4
Perth & Kinross	44	47	99	236	426	3.1
Renfrewshire	74	77	142	313	606	3.6
Scottish Borders	33	33	96	213	375	3.5
Shetland Islands	4	6	6	16	32	1.5
South Ayrshire	38	30	76	187	331	3.0
South Lanarkshire	126	111	205	396	838	2.8
Stirling	25	24	55	130	234	2.7
West Dunbartonshire	45	27	46	125	243	2.7
West Lothian	68	65	74	159	366	2.2
Scotland	1,945	1,758	3,634	8,098	15,435	3.1

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

Registered Visually Impaired by Local Authority, 2006

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	147	117	201	477	942	4.6
Aberdeenshire	117	100	202	449	868	3.8
Angus	77	62	111	318	568	5.4
Argyll & Bute	78	60	269	524	931	10.3
Clackmannanshire	27	26	61	144	258	5.4
Dumfries & Galloway	120	109	238	480	947	6.5
Dundee City	157	105	225	483	970	7.0
East Ayrshire	108	72	172	360	712	6.1
East Dunbartonshire	20	15	35	90	160	1.5
East Lothian	79	68	171	327	645	6.9
East Renfrewshire	49	53	186	387	675	7.4
Edinburgh City	394	330	731	1,596	3,051	6.8
Eilean Siar	19	16	32	80	147	5.9
Falkirk	118	105	183	406	812	5.5
Fife	267	233	397	907	1,804	5.1
Glasgow City	949	859	1,965	4,227	8,000	14.1
Highland	216	196	306	800	1,518	7.3
Inverclyde	95	65	191	406	757	9.3
Midlothian	81	48	130	225	484	5.9
Moray	54	47	108	212	421	4.9
North Ayrshire	149	121	331	624	1,225	9.2
North Lanarkshire	364	338	891	1,682	3,275	10.2
Orkney Islands	18	10	20	44	92	4.9
Perth & Kinross	77	84	191	460	812	6.0
Renfrewshire	168	153	287	571	1,179	7.0
Scottish Borders	68	62	192	395	717	6.6
Shetland Islands	11	8	12	38	69	3.1
South Ayrshire	95	71	216	501	883	8.0
South Lanarkshire	339	308	570	1,018	2,235	7.4
Stirling	67	58	137	279	541	6.2
West Dunbartonshire	104	72	115	259	550	6.1
West Lothian	130	117	170	331	748	4.5
Scotland	4,762	4,088	9,046	19,100	36,996	7.4

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

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