Following normal practice for mortality data compiled by the GeneralRegister Office for Scotland, the information has been presented by calendar year.As many of the rates are based on small numbers of deaths, trends should be interpretedwith caution.Suicides1in Scotland, Rate2 Per 100,000 Population 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Scotland 18 18 16 16 15 Aberdeen City 12 18 17 21 17 Aberdeenshire 16 14 11 18 11 Angus 6 11 15 16 18 Argyll and Bute 16 16 19 23 10 Clackmannanshire 25 19 17 21 16 Dumfries and Galloway 13 19 14 15 19 Dundee City 22 18 18 13 13 East Ayrshire 30 22 14 13 17 East Dunbartonshire 11 14 12 14 11 East Lothian 11 11 13 15 10 East Renfrewshire 10 6 7 12 8 Edinburgh, City of 20 17 11 13 17 Eilean Siar 30 4 23 11 27 Falkirk 15 17 12 13 7 Fife 14 19 11 14 15 Glasgow City 24 21 20 20 21 Highland 24 21 20 29 19 Inverclyde 18 28 19 17 18 Midlothian 17 20 19 20 15 Moray 20 17 22 21 16 North Ayrshire 21 14 14 16 15 North Lanarkshire 17 17 19 13 17 Orkney Islands 5 16 31 5 20 Perth and Kinross 22 12 23 18 13 Renfrewshire 11 21 16 21 11 Scottish Borders 15 20 18 15 7 Shetland Islands 18 27 32 18 9 South Ayrshire 21 16 7 12 12 South Lanarkshire 14 19 11 16 11 Stirling 17 15 13 15 8 West Dunbartonshire 17 25 28 14 19 West Lothian 13 16 16 13 11 Notes:1.