Deaths, registered in Scotland, of people aged 16 and over, for which the underlying cause of death was adult rheumatoid arthritis* Year of registration of death Area of residence** 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 Cowdenbeath constituency 3 1 0 1 1 NHS Fife 8 3 3 9 11 Scotland 139 107 104 106 98 *the underlying cause of the death was given one of the following codes from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10): (i) M05 - seropositive rheumatoid arthritis or (ii) M06 - other rheumatoid arthritis or (iii) M45 - ankylosing spondylitis and the cause of death mentioned "rheumatoid" **deaths of people who lived outwith Scotland are counted on the basis of where they died.