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Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons, Scotland 2010

To present national figures on visually impaired persons registered with Local Authorities in Scotland.

Local Authority	Under 65 years		Over 65 years		Total	Registered per 1,000 Pop'n
Local Authority	Male	Female	Male	Female	Total	Registered per 1,000 Pop'n
Aberdeen City	80	58	79	184	401	1.9
Aberdeenshire	64	47	84	167	362	1.5
Angus	39	38	82	170	329	3.0
Argyll & Bute	39	25	132	264	460	5.1
Clackmannanshire	19	15	43	72	149	2.9
Dumfries & Galloway	52	42	127	207	428	2.9
Dundee City	81	58	99	213	451	3.1
East Ayrshire	61	51	105	181	398	3.3
East Dunbartonshire	43	46	53	105	247	2.4
East Lothian	45	39	102	189	375	3.9
East Renfrewshire	33	35	133	276	477	5.3
Edinburgh, City of	241	202	469	901	1,813	3.8
Eilean Siar	14	7	16	46	83	3.2
Falkirk	79	68	130	203	480	3.1
Fife	164	143	235	487	1,029	2.8
Glasgow City	395	350	949	1,852	3,546	6.0
Highland	114	76	154	343	687	3.1
Inverclyde	38	35	46	99	218	2.7
Midlothian	57	31	76	151	315	3.9
Moray	36	21	70	123	250	2.9
North Ayrshire	90	60	168	282	600	4.4
North Lanarkshire	234	213	498	888	1,833	5.6
Orkney Islands	*	*	11	19	42	2.1
Perth & Kinross	32	37	85	224	378	2.6
Renfrewshire	101	70	102	208	481	2.8
Scottish Borders	43	28	81	173	325	2.9
Shetland Islands	*	*	7	21	38	1.7
South Ayrshire	47	40	128	258	473	4.2
South Lanarkshire	217	202	300	558	1,277	4.1
Stirling	47	41	73	148	309	3.5
West Dunbartonshire	64	42	59	125	290	3.2
West Lothian	64	63	105	166	398	2.3
Whole Scotland	2,648	2,190	4,801	9,303	18,942	3.6

Source: Registration of Blind and Partially Sighted Persons Return Form SWB

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