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Health board areas (Table 2 and Table 3)

9. Of the 292 deaths in 2000, 104 (36 per cent) occurred in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area. Lothian, with 37, Grampian and Argyll & Clyde, both with 31, and Lanarkshire, with 29, had the next highest totals. Over the period 1996-2000, Table 2 shows sizeable increases in several of the health board areas in Western Scotland contrasting with decreases in Lothian and Tayside.

10. Because of the relatively small numbers involved, particularly for some health board areas, and the possibility that more complete information has been reported in recent years, care should be taken when assessing the trends shown in Table 1 and Table 2.