§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of emergency hospital admissions by region for each of the last five years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Health board of treatment 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Argyll and Clyde 28,987 29,572 30,899 32,122 33,560 Ayrshire and Arran 21,708 22,211 23,825 25,908 28,529
Health Board of treatment 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Borders 7,024 7,532 7,763 8,121 8,570 Dumfries and Galloway 9,289 10,187 10,762 10,722 11,386 Fife 17,782 18,011 18,887 19,454 19,666 Forth Valley 15,675 17,714 18,016 18,917 20,039 Grampian 35,439 38,252 39,072 39,005 40,109 Greater Glasgow 74,045 77,510 78,659 82,473 95,254 Highland 14,734 14,705 15,676 16,826 17,178 Lanarkshire 35,763 36,547 38,270 39,001 40,924 Lothian 56,781 57,966 59,868 62,262 63,637 Orkney 976 1,088 1,151 1,144 1,208 Shetland 1,290 1,333 1,216 1,230 1,377 Tayside 33,587 34,339 35,061 35,146 36,896 Western Isles 1,956 1,923 2,038 2,124 2,407 Scotland 355,036 368,890 381,163 394,455 420,740