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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	83	66	97	225	471	2.2
Aberdeenshire	69	54	113	247	483	2.0
Angus	30	27	67	164	288	2.6
Argyll & Bute	40	39	111	226	416	4.6
Clackmannanshire	16	18	34	86	154	3.0
Dumfries & Galloway	66	58	144	266	534	3.6
Dundee City	65	42	79	176	362	2.5
East Ayrshire	52	29	62	163	306	2.5
East Dunbartonshire	38	20	48	75	181	1.7
East Lothian	38	48	91	198	375	3.9
East Renfrewshire	21	27	67	163	278	3.1
Edinburgh, City of	210	168	384	909	1,671	3.5
Eilean Siar	6	8	9	30	53	2.0
Falkirk	51	51	90	220	412	2.7
Fife	152	129	197	416	894	2.5
Glasgow City	328	260	539	1,070	2,197	3.7
Highland	94	73	120	266	553	2.5
Inverclyde	47	32	55	127	261	3.3
Midlothian	38	39	86	162	325	4.0
Moray	23	24	32	65	144	1.6
North Ayrshire	60	64	118	221	463	3.4
North Lanarkshire	146	117	280	466	1,009	3.1
Orkney Islands	*	*	9	24	46	2.3
Perth & Kinross	47	49	116	213	425	2.9
Renfrewshire	75	88	139	289	591	3.5
Scottish Borders	41	35	120	234	430	3.8
Shetland Islands	*	*	11	20	40	1.8
South Ayrshire	40	47	96	208	391	3.5
South Lanarkshire	134	127	208	449	918	3.0
Stirling	20	31	66	152	269	3.0
West Dunbartonshire	47	34	49	116	246	2.7
West Lothian	74	68	70	152	364	2.1
Whole Scotland	2,161	1,884	3,707	7,798	15,550	3.0

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

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