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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 2C6 Residents in nursing homes 1, 2 by health board (registered authority) and client group ages 65 and over; year ending 31 March 1997 3
 

All
residents

Client group of resident

dementia

mental
health
problems

alcohol-
related
problems

drug-
related
problems

HIV
or
AIDS

physical
disabilities

learning
disabilities

other
health
care
needs
Scotland

16,674

5,529

726

145

-

25

2,175

204

8,279
 
Argyll & Clyde

1,163

338

39

8

-

-

315

17

501
Ayrshire & Arran

1,811

763

96

24

-

-

197

-

731
Borders

408

127

9

2

-

-

15

27

228
Dumfries & Galloway

421

154

6

1

-

-

19

-

268
Fife

994

431

27

8

-

-

191

24

313
 
Forth Valley

773

353

34

3

-

-

97

29

257
Grampian

1,372

503

34

12

-

-

152

8

663
Greater Glasgow

2,856

735

254

38

-

25

179

20

1,860
Highland

836

212

49

19

-

-

63

25

468
Lanarkshire

1,738

471

73

11

-

-

150

6

1,027
 
Lothian

2,750

1,036

54

9

-

-

678

4

1,041
Tayside

1,488

406

51

10

-

-

119

44

858
Western Isles

64

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

64

Source: ISD Scotland, Common Services Agency
1 Private Nursing Homes subject to the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938 (as amended), or the Mental Health Act 1960/1984.
2 There are no residents in nursing homes registered by Orkney or Shetland health boards.
3 Provisional.
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