Local authority area

As at 31 March……

1999

2000

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Number on Register

Rate per 1,000 population aged 0-15

Aberdeen City

201

5.2

144

3.7

Aberdeenshire

86

1.8

89

1.9

Angus

59

2.7

50

2.3

Argyll & Bute

41

2.5

42

2.7

Clackmannanshire

16

1.6

20

2.0

Dumfries & Galloway

70

2.5

55

2.0

Dundee City

44

1.6

42

1.5

East Ayrshire

11

0.4

14

0.6

East Dunbartonshire

11

0.5

14

0.7

East Lothian

72

4.0

70

3.9

East Renfrewshire

21

1.2

19

1.1

Edinburgh, City of

360

4.6

317

4.1

Eilean Siar

19

3.5

12

2.2

Falkirk

80

2.8

73

2.6

Fife

85

1.2

76

1.1

Glasgow City

380

3.2

325

2.8

Highland

216

5.1

166

3.9

Inverclyde

11

0.6

8

0.5

Midlothian

47

2.9

57

3.5

Moray

50

2.8

22

1.2

North Ayrshire

31

1.1

41

1.5

North Lanarkshire

54

0.8

52

0.8

Orkney Isles

1

0.2

2

0.5

Perth & Kinross

45

1.7

36

1.4

Renfrewshire

65

1.8

51

1.4

Scottish Borders

21

1.0

37

1.8

Shetland

23

4.5

10

2.0

South Ayrshire

4

0.2

7

0.3

South Lanarkshire

50

0.8

67

1.1

Stirling

42

2.6

21

1.3

West Dunbartonshire

42

2.1

21

1.0

West Lothian

103

3.1

90

2.7

SCOTLAND

2,361

2.3

2,050

2.0