From this date, NHS Argyll and Clyde patients are included in figures for NHS Greater Glasgowand Clyde and NHS Highland.In respect of localauthority areas latest available information is shown in the following table. 2005 2006 2007 Head Count Rate Head Count Rate Head Count Rate Scotland 2,153 42.4 2,301 45.2 2,474 48.3 Aberdeen City 94 46.2 100 49.4 109 53.9 Aberdeenshire 73 31.4 76 32.3 83 34.8 Angus 44 40.5 53 48.5 58 52.8 Argyll and Bute 40 43.9 46 50.6 48 52.5 City of Edinburgh 245 54.0 257 56.1 273 58.9 Clackmannanshire 15 31.1 19 39.1 18 36.8 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 10 38.1 14 53.1 15 56.9 Dumfries and Galloway 43 29.1 44 29.7 61 41.2 Dundee City 84 59.2 91 64.0 104 73.2 East Ayrshire 41 34.2 43 36.0 56 46.9 East Dunbartonshire 66 61.9 70 66.1 68 64.5 East Lothian 51 55.7 49 53.4 50 53.9 East Renfrewshire 51 56.9 53 59.2 54 60.5 Falkirk 57 38.7 61 40.9 73 48.8 Fife 140 39.5 171 47.9 177 49.3 Glasgow City 332 57.5 335 57.9 345 59.4 Highland 92 43.5 100 46.8 114 52.9 Inverclyde 32 38.8 35 42.6 41 50.3 Midlothian 26 32.7 26 32.8 31 39.1 Moray 29 33.1 28 31.8 32 35.9 North Ayrshire 52 38.2 51 37.5 52 38.4 North Lanarkshire 143 44.3 139 43.0 141 43.5 Orkney Islands 9 46.2 11 56.2 12 60.7 Perth and Kinross 65 47.3 81 58.5 86 61.6 Renfrewshire 84 49.2 90 52.9 91 53.7 Scottish Borders 39 35.7 42 38.3 46 41.7 Shetland Islands 12 54.7 13 59.1 16 73.1 South Ayrshire 56 50.1 57 51.0 57 51.0 South Lanarkshire 138 45.2 145 47.3 139 45.2 Stirling 43 49.8 47 54.1 37 42.1 West Dunbartonshire 36 39.1 39 42.7 41 44.9 West Lothian 78 47.9 81 49.5 86 51.9 Source: MIDAS (Management Information and Dental AccountingSystem).Notes:x.