Community Care Scotland 1997 Section 2 page 28

Community Care, Scotland 1997

Table 2.28 Registered Blind or Partially Sighted People aged 65 and over: 31 March 1997

Local Authority	Blind				Partially Sighted
Local Authority	Male	Female	Total	Registered per 1,000 pop 65+	Male	Female	Total	Registered per 1,000 pop 65+
Aberdeen City	127	299	426	13.4	81	217	298	9.4
Aberdeenshire	94	234	328	10.9	74	169	243	8.1
Angus	81	198	279	15.1	42	89	131	7.1
Argyll & Bute	108	286	394	24.1	56	190	246	15.0
Clackmannanshire	93	149	242	34.5	20	39	59	8.4
Dumfries & Galloway	101	233	334	12.3	103	196	299	11.0
Dundee City	138	281	419	16.4	76	175	251	9.8
East Ayrshire	162	292	454	23.7	34	93	127	6.6
East Dunbartonshire	137	288	425	27.3	44	81	125	8.0
East Lothian	54	145	199	13.4	36	104	140	9.4
East Renfrewshire	115	203	318	24.6	39	111	150	11.6
Edinburgh, City of	378	931	1,309	19.0	235	745	980	14.2
Eilean Siar	21	29	50	9.7	48	59	107	20.7
Falkirk	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Fife	201	440	641	11.6	159	419	578	10.5
Glasgow City	1,321	2,918	4,239	45.1	413	1,008	1,421	15.1
Highland	207	427	634	19.4	72	230	302	9.2
Inverclyde	146	318	464	33.6	81	186	267	19.3
Midlothian	65	98	163	14.6	93	76	169	15.2
Moray	79	199	278	20.9	3	25	28	2.1
North Ayrshire	191	367	558	26.4	58	110	168	7.9
North Lanarkshire	617	1,261	1,878	42.9	136	326	462	10.6
Orkney Islands	23	18	41	12.9	6	23	29	9.1
Perth & Kinross	80	175	255	10.5	50	158	208	8.6
Renfrewshire	219	438	657	25.7	152	325	477	18.7
Scottish Borders	108	219	327	16.4	51	157	208	10.4
Shetland Islands	6	21	27	9.1	4	16	20	6.8
South Ayrshire	146	293	439	21.2	50	89	139	6.7
South Lanarkshire	595	1,118	1,713	40.2	179	435	614	14.4
Stirling	71	136	207	16.3	22	59	81	6.4
West Dunbartonshire	148	311	459	31.8	51	157	208	14.4
West Lothian	80	180	260	15.6	58	155	213	12.7

Scotland⁽¹⁾	6,033	12,767	18,800	24.0	2,576	6,317	8,893	11.4
Year
1997	6,033	12,767	18,800	24.0	2,576	6,317	8,893	11.4
1996	5,291	11,579	16,870	21.6	2,188	5,253	7,441	9.5
1995	5,244	11,514	16,758	21.7	2,074	5,034	7,108	9.2
1994	4,667	10,359	15,026	19.4	1,739	4,313	6,052	7.8
1993	5,140	11,565	16,705	21.6	1,501	3,898	5,399	7.0
1992	4,497	10,395	14,892	19.3	1,271	3,333	4,604	6.0
1991	3,531	7,538	11,069	14.5	1,096	2,755	3,851	5.1
1990	3,467	7,220	10,687	14.0	1,021	2,625	3,646	4.8
1989	3,460	7,204	10,664	14.0	1,009	2,481	3,490	4.6
1988	3,371	6,999	10,370	13.7	958	2,371	3,329	4.4
1987	3,197	6,919	10,116	13.5	894	2,236	3,130	4.2
1986	3,141	6,791	9,932	13.4	739	1,942	2,681	3.6
1985	2,929	6,329	9,258	12.6	668	1,700	2,368	3.2
1984	2,874	5,968	8,842	12.2	602	1,534	2,136	2.9
1983	2,720	5,667	8,387	11.5	540	1,408	1,948	2.7
1982	2,556	5,439	7,995	10.9	590	1,451	2,041	2.8
1981	2,602	5,384	7,986	10.8	610	1,489	2,099	2.8

⁽¹⁾ Includes estimated figures for Falkirk