compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 30 January 2010

Scotland abortions by council area of residence, 1991-2008

council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	council area
Aberdeen City						847	872	855	784	703	691	767	733	774	776	757	867	884	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire						474	480	437	435	386	436	431	478	471	434	468	522	480	Aberdeenshire
Angus						271	243	302	273	268	263	279	314	278	287	256	289	261	Angus
Argyll and Bute						135	159	143	136	113	131	140	106	98	88	99	82	82	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire						92	103	99	99	100	98	103	109	115	117	117	128	113	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	243	251	216	233	221	219	253	245	236	257	260	231	262	281	259	296	288	292	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City						552	588	603	556	561	507	528	628	580	584	592	656	595	Dundee City
East Aryshire						198	181	216	210	218	225	218	215	222	229	244	276	272	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire						203	195	202	176	160	188	170	173	175	176	213	202	195	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian						222	224	241	216	190	234	227	241	243	216	216	255	251	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire						127	117	152	128	143	152	136	140	115	139	149	141	144	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City						1,705	1,744	1,776	1,805	1,746	1,761	1,589	1,689	1,659	1,673	1,686	1,663	1,694	Edinburgh City
Falkirk						304	288	315	288	299	286	282	272	289	312	305	332	351	Falkirk
Fife	815	749	757	751	752	736	680	784	770	823	809	844	850	824	801	864	966	1,020	Fife
Glasgow City						1,764	1,795	1,778	1,751	1,744	1,817	1,717	1,698	1,845	1,998	2,125	2,188	2,165	Glasgow City
Highland	585	572	605	548	499	444	455	459	441	413	426	387	417	410	401	435	489	437	Highland
Inverclyde						151	160	172	158	156	164	128	157	122	134	120	141	144	Inverclyde
Islands	73	103	96	103	102	96	92	87	92	86	63	92	87	82	66	73	73	67	Islands
(Eilean Siar)						28	26	30	32										(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)						30	33	23	27										(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)						38	33	34	33										(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian						211	210	227	237	236	234	231	230	252	264	231	245	251	Midlothian
Moray						133	124	139	124	125	139	131	141	155	144	117	166	159	Moray
North Aryshire						254	256	257	262	250	233	247	278	270	270	315	309	310	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire						553	540	593	627	642	666	629	637	685	699	767	779	844	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross						305	315	347	282	342	296	281	342	291	370	343	353	333	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire						350	384	350	361	333	370	372	354	349	348	362	354	373	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	179	181	164	190	147	163	195	177	152	168	155	176	201	208	191	238	203	207	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire						234	213	227	230	225	206	198	209	240	223	251	219	227	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire						500	492	526	548	558	583	572	532	614	617	633	652	716	South Lanarkshire
Stirling						172	178	187	222	209	187	181	190	190	186	204	172	222	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire						173	173	174	177	143	184	162	181	182	187	219	193	218	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian						365	372	376	369	382	350	391	404	400	416	414	469	456	West Lothian
SCOTLAND UNKNOWN	65	73	46	49	29	38	45	39	23	18	14	30	40	43	60	54	66	54	SCOTLAND UNKNOWN
SCOTLAND TOTAL	11,068	10,818	11,076	11,392	11,143	11,978	12,109	12,485	12,168	11,997	12,128	11,870	12,308	12,462	12,665	13,163	13,738	13,817	SCOTLAND TOTAL

Scotland live births by council area of residence, 1991-2008

council area	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	council area
Aberdeen City						2,396	2,366	2,339	2,311	2,088	2,097	2,098	2,003	2,075	2,061	2,200	2,417	2,596	Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire						2,577	2,594	2,594	2,501	2,320	2,247	2,326	2,368	2,388	2,465	2,589	2,690	2,771	Aberdeenshire
Angus						1,219	1,236	1,180	1,085	1,049	1,103	1,014	1,089	1,071	1,095	1,110	1,152	1,194	Angus
Argyll and Bute						956	948	850	834	792	780	755	732	807	773	781	741	807	Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire						598	570	537	544	490	529	480	468	501	528	546	634	644	Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway	1,673	1,632	1,698	1,706	1,615	1,612	1,568	1,514	1,402	1,369	1,283	1,343	1,307	1,431	1,407	1,471	1,507	1,430	Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City						1,729	1,732	1,652	1,522	1,462	1,468	1,436	1,548	1,539	1,545	1,567	1,668	1,801	Dundee City
East Aryshire						1,396	1,381	1,351	1,290	1,228	1,198	1,157	1,236	1,271	1,258	1,316	1,304	1,371	East Aryshire
East Dunbartonshire						1,167	1,169	1,117	1,057	972	983	942	948	889	930	922	892	970	East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian						1,086	1,085	1,008	968	1,013	940	910	953	950	1,054	1,056	1,101	1,182	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire						1,010	1,039	1,013	953	931	954	916	883	941	898	858	893	868	East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh City						5,131	5,110	4,857	4,764	4,643	4,489	4,477	4,577	4,568	4,691	4,894	5,056	5,440	Edinburgh City
Falkirk						1,677	1,639	1,700	1,603	1,555	1,448	1,507	1,595	1,735	1,738	1,757	1,892	1,949	Falkirk
Fife	4,368	4,273	4,302	4,107	3,991	3,830	3,824	3,854	3,660	3,498	3,642	3,536	3,642	3,735	3,831	3,999	4,076	4,349	Fife
Glasgow City						7,701	7,609	7,146	6,830	6,578	6,645	6,386	6,573	6,612	6,833	6,617	7,154	7,371	Glasgow City
Highland	2,609	2,682	2,512	2,466	2,395	2,379	2,443	2,451	2,223	2,153	2,131	1,977	2,085	2,175	2,233	2,159	2,332	2,482	Highland
Inverclyde						1,016	980	910	947	863	850	787	830	898	902	846	857	860	Inverclyde
Islands	856	873	820	865	817	766	813	733	737	606	647	615	677	624	640	755	697	749	Islands
(Eilean Siar)	314	314	273	307	305	281	252	274	265	228	226	242	255	223	233	274	263	257	(Eilean Siar)
(Orkney Islands)	232	237	241	245	231	215	224	194	188	152	174	164	171	171	180	213	190	214	(Orkney Islands)
(Shetland Islands)	310	322	306	313	281	270	286	265	284	226	247	209	251	230	227	268	244	278	(Shetland Islands)
Midlothian						899	942	964	962	924	922	863	847	881	867	887	937	938	Midlothian
Moray						1,077	1,084	1,034	973	912	869	876	824	854	878	899	1,001	956	Moray
North Aryshire						1,581	1,636	1,540	1,414	1,393	1,421	1,379	1,382	1,406	1,379	1,501	1,528	1,481	North Aryshire
North Lanarkshire						4,086	4,090	4,078	3,869	3,832	3,676	3,664	3,771	4,005	3,834	4,001	4,045	4,182	North Lanarkshire
Perth and Kinross						1,387	1,436	1,364	1,372	1,335	1,334	1,245	1,292	1,285	1,347	1,331	1,391	1,443	Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire						2,122	2,194	2,014	1,980	2,007	1,796	1,797	1,785	1,885	1,869	1,838	1,898	2,012	Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders	1,234	1,165	1,116	1,127	1,155	1,133	1,132	1,038	1,054	1,068	1,066	1,021	1,048	1,052	1,047	1,111	1,170	1,138	Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire						11,557	1,150	1,165	1,036	1,050	1,056	955	984	1,030	976	1,012	1,029	1,067	South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire						3,535	3,560	3,303	3,342	3,162	3,161	3,076	3,092	3,358	3,322	3,524	3,452	3,689	South Lanarkshire
Stirling						915	969	921	882	876	840	833	866	934	873	908	878	862	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire						1,198	1,157	1,116	1,051	1,008	972	939	984	999	1,000	1,044	1,105	1,104	West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian						1,972	2,035	1,976	1,996	1,899	1,980	1,960	2,043	2,058	2,112	2,191	2,284	2,335	West Lothian
SCOTLAND TOTAL	66,740	65,046	63,293	61,506	60,096	59,308	59,440	57,319	55,251	53,076	52,527	51,270	52,432	53,957	54,386	55,690	57,781	60,041	SCOTLAND TOTAL