Pupils in Scotland, 2006

Table 2.8: Reasons for support for pupils with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006 ( see also table 2.6 for pupils reported under the old categories).Occurrences. Pupils with more than one reason will appear in each row.

	Female	Male		Total	Rate per 1,000 pupils
	Female	Male		Total	Female	Male	Total
Pupils for whom reason for support is reported	2,806		6,845	9,651	15.0	35.0	25.2
Learning disability	588		1,125	1,713	3.1	5.8	4.5
Dyslexia	220		659	879	1.2	3.4	2.3
Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. numeric)	372		708	1,080	2.0	3.6	2.8
Visual impairment	97		154	251	0.5	0.8	0.7
Hearing impairment	116		143	259	0.6	0.7	0.7
Deafblind	8		7	15	-	-	-
Physical or motor impairment	279		467	746	1.5	2.4	1.9
Language or speech disorder	384		891	1,275	2.0	4.6	3.3
Autistic spectrum disorder	201		1,157	1,358	1.1	5.9	3.5
Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty	314		1,497	1,811	1.7	7.7	4.7
Physical health problem	171		244	415	0.9	1.2	1.1
Mental health problem	6		30	36	-	0.2	0.1
Interrupted learning	39		62	101	0.2	0.3	0.3
English as an additional language	76		127	203	0.4	0.6	0.5
Looked after	91		143	234	0.5	0.7	0.6
More able pupil	15		40	55	0.1	0.2	0.1
Other	699		1,366	2,065	3.7	7.0	5.4
Not known / Not disclosed	10		19	29	0.1	0.1	0.1

Local authority figures on page 58 (see also page 56 for pupils reported under the old categories).

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