Notes, Definitions and Maps

• Population covered
• Age
• Presentation and use of results
• Administrative areas

Population covered

The population of an area includes all those usually resident there whatever their nationality. Students are treated as being resident at their term-time address. Members of Her Majesty's (HM) and non-UK armed forces stationed in Scotland are included; HM forces stationed outside Scotland are excluded.

Age

Population figures relate to 30 June of the year shown and ages relate to age last birthday.

Presentation and use of results

Although the data are tabulated in units, this does not imply accuracy to that level. They are supplied in this way for the convenience of users wishing to aggregate the data to area/age/sex groupings of their choice without encountering rounding problems. Users are advised to exercise caution when using the data at a highly disaggregated level. Appendix E gives some further guidance on the uses and limitations of projections.

Administrative areas

The composition of the health board areas in terms of the council areas is summarised in the table below. Click on the links to view maps of the council areas (152 Kb pdf file) and health board areas (148 Kb pdf file). Pdf files require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download it free .

Composition of health board areas