Comparable information about the further education sector is not available.Table: Reasons given by students in Higher Education Institutions in Scotland for not continuing their education1996-97No.1997-98No.1998-99No.Other personal reasons2,752Other personal reasons2,085Other personal reasons2,173Academic failure/left in bad standing/not permitted to progress1,324Other2,061Other2,043Other827Academic failure/left in bad standing/not permitted to progress1,569Academic failure/left in bad standing/not permitted to progress1,586Written off after a lapse of time776Unknown961Unknown1,110Unknown776Written off after a lapse of time499Health reasons414Health reasons440Health reasons442Written off after a lapse of time315Course result unknown285Financial reasons328Financial reasons278Financial reasons282Gone into employment255Course result unknown272Gone into employment264Course result unknown101Gone into employment231Death50Death44Death35Exclusion15Exclusion23Exclusion19Excludes those who successfully completed their course, those who continued into the next year, and those who transferred...