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Table 6 Male Standardised Mortality Ratios by Health Service Area Suicide and Death by Undetermined Cause in Scotland 1981 – 1999

From: Trends in suicide in Scotland 1981 – 1999: age, method and geography

Health Board of Residence

No. of Deaths

Rate/million

Standardised Mortality Ratio

   

Ratio

LCI

UCI

Argyll & Clyde

909

225

103

97

110

Ayrshire & Arran

676

197

91

84

98

Borders

176

186

84

72

97

Dumfries & Galloway

301

223

101

90

113

Fife

634

197

90

83

97

Forth Valley

496

197

89

82

98

Grampian

1,050

219

99

93

105

Greater Glasgow

2,252

264

120

115

125

Highland

555

294

135

125

147

Lanarkshire

907

174

81

75

86

Lothian

1,399

202

90

85

95

Orkney

50

274

124

92

164

Shetland

47

214

99

72

133

Tayside

828

231

105

98

112

Western Isles

85

300

138

112

171

Scotland

10,365

220

100

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