Pupils in Scotland, 2007

(see also table 4.5 for pupils reported under the old categories)
Occurrences. Pupils with more than one reason for support will appear in each row.

	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
	Female	Male	Total	Rate per 1,000 pupils
Pupils for whom reason for support is reported	1,700	3,591	5,291	797.4	784.6	788.6
Learning disability	1,183	2,205	3,388	554.9	481.8	505.0
Dyslexia	*	*	19	*	*	2.8
Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. numeric)	14	36	50	6.6	7.9	7.5
Other moderate learning difficulty	211	395	606	99.0	86.3	90.3
Visual impairment	179	185	364	84.0	40.4	54.3
Hearing impairment	90	132	222	42.2	28.8	33.1
Deafblind	*	*	*	*	*	*
Physical or motor impairment	392	494	886	183.9	107.9	132.1
Language or speech disorder	315	609	924	147.7	133.1	137.7
Autistic spectrum disorder	142	793	935	66.6	173.3	139.4
Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty	204	653	857	95.7	142.7	127.7
Physical health problem	194	277	471	91.0	60.5	70.2
Mental health problem	9	9	18	4.2	2.0	2.7
Interrupted learning	*	*	11	*	*	1.6
English as an additional language	21	37	58	9.8	8.1	8.6
Looked after	52	78	130	24.4	17.0	19.4
More able pupil	*	*	*	*	*	*
Other	49	98	147	23.0	21.4	21.9

Local authority figures on page 94 (see also page 92 for pupils reported under the old categories).

The Scottish Government