The information is given in the following table: Deaths in Scotland where Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease1 was the Underlying Cause 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Scotland 2,941 2,825 2,836 2,840 3,014 2,752 Aberdeen City 117 105 110 103 115 105 Aberdeenshire 89 69 86 83 81 72 Angus 77 60 54 61 59 68 Argyll and Bute 45 42 53 46 56 61 Clackmannanshire 21 28 22 27 24 28 Dumfries and Galloway 94 104 94 91 106 107 Dundee City 115 119 99 107 118 96 East Ayrshire 79 71 86 90 92 67 East Dunbartonshire 51 49 35 40 41 42 East Lothian 52 46 46 55 59 47 East Renfrewshire 32 36 31 43 30 24 Edinburgh, City of 231 225 202 206 240 214 Eilean Siar 10 14 7 12 8 12 Falkirk 75 96 74 88 94 82 Fife 171 196 195 203 205 190 Glasgow City 518 445 463 438 490 406 Highland 91 76 111 101 95 114 Inverclyde 56 55 42 62 70 44 Midlothian 43 41 49 50 77 55 Moray 31 36 28 36 34 32 North Ayrshire 79 83 93 69 91 66 North Lanarkshire 180 159 178 183 178 192 Orkney Islands 4 6 6 9 5 4 Perth and Kinross 88 73 75 68 73 75 Renfrewshire 106 90 91 91 88 96 Scottish Borders 48 56 68 60 82 64 Shetland Islands 7 5 8 9 8 11 South Ayrshire 66 72 72 62 58 66 South Lanarkshire 179 160 170 153 146 163 Stirling 43 45 46 40 38 36 West Dunbartonshire 71 80 61 63 66 49 West Lothian 72 83 81 91 87 64 Source: General Register Office for Scotland.Notes: 1. 1999 data: ICD9 codes...