Estimates of the number of cases by NHS board

The estimates in the table below are based on the crude prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) of 187 probable or definite cases per 100,000 population in Lothian and Borders combined from Rothwell and Charlton (1998) and mid-2005 population estimates by Health Board from the General Register Office for Scotland.

 

Table 1. Estimated numbers of cases of multiple sclerosis in Scotland in 2005 by Health Board and gender

	Male	Female	Total
Argyll & Clyde	224	551	774
Ayrshire & Arran	198	488	686
Borders	59	146	205
Dumfries & Galloway	80	197	277
Fife	193	474	667
Forth Valley	154	378	532
Grampian	284	699	983
Greater Glasgow	469	1,154	1,623
Highland	115	284	399
Lanarkshire	301	741	1,042
Lothian	428	1,054	1,482
Orkney	11	26	37
Shetland	12	29	41
Tayside	210	518	729
Western Isles	14	35	49
Scotland	2,751	6,776	9,527