§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each of the health board areas the number of males and females suffering from senile dementia aged(a) up to 65 years, (b) 66 to 75 years, (c) 76 to 85 years and (d) over 86 years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThere is no nationally maintained register of persons suffering from senile dementia in Scotland. Figures are however collected on people with dementia who are resident in, or who have been discharged from, NHS hospitals; and these are set out in the following tables. I must emphasise that studies of the prevalence of dementia in the population over 65 indicate that these figures represent only a small proportion of the total number of people suffering from senile dementia.
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Number of persons with Senile Dementia First1 Discharged from Acute and Long-Stay Units in General Hospitals in 1989: By Age, Sex and Health Board of Residence. Males Females less than 65 65–74 75–84 85+ Total less than 65 65–74 75–84 85+ Total Argyll and Clyde 2 14 51 23 90 4 18 93 96 211 Ayr and Arran 3 13 30 16 62 3 17 69 60 149 Borders 0 2 14 7 23 0 2 13 22 37 Dumfries and Galloway 1 7 33 13 54 2 8 52 42 104 Fife 0 10 27 16 53 2 16 61 34 113 Forth Valley 1 9 26 10 46 4 4 55 50 113 Grampian 2 23 60 37 122 4 26 133 145 308 Greater Glasgow 6 33 82 34 155 7 28 187 199 421 Highland 5 13 34 11 63 1 11 50 45 107 Lanark 7 18 40 11 76 5 25 112 81 223 Lothian 10 39 109 44 202 7 34 265 264 570 Orkney 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 2 8 Shetland 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 7 4 11 Tayside 2 9 52 27 90 3 14 98 101 216 Western Isles 1 0 10 3 14 2 2 11 15 30 1 Figures are based on linked data and exclude persons with an earlier discharge in the period 1985–1989.