The Scottish Government

Local Authority Area

Admissions

Discharges

Residents on 31 March 2002

Residents per 1,000 children ⁴

% residents who are boys

Average age of admissions

Average length of stay (months)

Aberdeen City

155

155

180

4.6

68

13 years 6 m

18

Aberdeenshire

385

395

25

0.4

42

13 years 3 m

Less than 1

Angus

85

90

25

1.2

74

15 years 0 m

3

Argyll & Bute

45

45

15

0.9

70

13 years 5 m

5

Clackmannanshire

25

35

25

2.3

77

16 years 5 m

4

Dumfries & Galloway

75

85

50

1.6

50

14 years 4 m

4

Dundee City

375

370

55

1.9

62

13 years 1 m

1

East Ayrshire

390

390

60

2.2

77

13 years 2 m

4

East Dunbartonshire

10

10

10

0.4

44

9 years 10 m

5

East Lothian

165

165

15

0.7

69

12 years 2 m

1

East Renfrewshire

610

610

-

-

-

-

-

Edinburgh - City of

1,355

1,360

135

1.6

64

12 years 12 m

1

Eilean Siar

10

10

5

0.9

50

12 years 10 m

8

Falkirk

480

485

10

0.3

80

13 years 7 m

Less than 1

Fife

710

705

170

2.2

78

12 years 6 m

2

Glasgow City

870

845

410

3.4

61

14 years 1 m

5

Highland

955

960

35

0.8

56

12 years 1 m

1

Inverclyde

60

45

25

1.5

63

12 years 3 m

3

Midlothian

40

35

10

0.5

80

13 years 7 m

3

Moray

1,600

1,600

20

1.1

44

13 years 6 m

16

North Ayrshire

100

110

90

3.0

75

14 years 3 m

13

North Lanarkshire

80

90

75

1.0

67

13 years 8 m

9

Orkney Islands

10

10

20

4.2

67

13 years 11 m

10

Perth & Kinross

180

190

75

2.5

70

12 years 1 m

2

Renfrewshire

675

680

160

4.2

59

13 years 4 m

9

Scottish Borders

65

65

10

0.5

82

14 years 6 m

1

Shetland Islands

705

710

-

-

-

-

-

South Ayrshire

20

20

5

0.2

60

13 years 9 m

3

South Lanarkshire

445

450

90

1.3

58

13 years 10 m

9

Stirling

50

45

60

3.3

60

12 years 10 m

16

West Dunbartonshire

105

105

40

1.8

44

15 years 5 m

4

West Lothian

105

100

50

1.2

71

13 years 7 m

5

SCOTLAND

10,961

10,959

1,962

1.8

64

13 years 2 m

3