Table 4: Deaths for which MRSA was mentioned in the death certificate (either as the underlying cause of death,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"or as a contributory factor), by the Health Board of residence of the deceased, 1996-2008",,,,,,,,,,,,,

,Year,,,,,,,,,,,,
NHS Board of residence,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008
Scotland,34,69,78,94,109,136,155,169,190,212,213,230,214
Ayrshire and Arran,3,2,2,-,8,9,11,10,9,10,8,11,13
Borders,1,3,3,2,4,6,4,5,2,2,5,5,7
Dumfries and Galloway,-,1,3,2,5,6,5,7,8,13,9,10,4
Fife,5,11,11,14,9,14,8,22,21,15,22,19,18
Forth Valley,1,8,3,4,1,10,8,6,6,6,4,11,10
Grampian,-,3,8,9,14,8,11,10,16,10,23,17,23
Greater Glasgow & Clyde,14,18,20,24,20,24,34,39,44,60,54,62,66
Highland,1,2,3,5,1,6,6,8,8,15,10,11,4
Lanarkshire,5,7,10,8,12,4,14,16,20,25,18,28,17
Lothian,2,14,11,17,23,31,41,33,32,35,33,29,32
Orkney,-,-,-,-,-,-,1,-,-,-,-,1,1
Shetland,-,-,-,-,-,1,1,-,-,1,2,1,-
Tayside,2,-,4,8,12,16,11,12,22,16,22,24,18
Western Isles,-,-,-,1,-,1,-,1,2,4,3,1,1