Information on all alcohol-related liver disease admissions to general acute hospitals during 1997-98 to 2003-04 is shown in table 1. 1 Scottish General Acute Hospital1,2 Discharge Records With An Explicit Diagnosis of Alcoholic Liver Disease3; 1997-98 to 2003-04 Area of Residence Discharge Period 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04P Total 5,005 5,156 5,576 6,217 7,109 7,429 8,291 Scotland Residents 4,973 5,118 5,554 6,166 7,057 7,374 8,261 Argyll and Clyde 523 458 503 536 628 691 655 Ayrshire and Arran 244 324 285 332 428 466 582 Borders 64 80 87 88 100 77 52 Dumfries and Galloway 88 100 118 123 165 176 178 Fife 257 258 390 427 465 413 440 Forth Valley 272 272 217 257 325 303 301 Grampian 320 345 372 404 433 409 518 Greater Glasgow 1,321 1,335 1,468 1,719 1,787 1,926 2,266 Highland 157 161 185 133 211 281 349 Lanarkshire 406 531 594 614 761 965 1,089 Lothian 1,057 979 969 1,151 1,333 1,202 1,249 Tayside 220 227 330 318 366 411 519 Islands4 44 48 36 64 55 54 63 Other5 32 38 22 51 52 55 30 Source: SMR01 (valid records only).Date...