What the standardised mortality rates were per 1,000 population in (a) NHS Highland (b) NHS Grampian (c) NHS Western Isles (d) NHS Orkney a…

Standardised death rates per 1,000 population for individual NHS board areas can be found in Vital Events Reference Table 1.3, which is available from the GROS Website via this address:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/vital-events/vital-events-reference-tables-2006/section-1-summary.html
The other information requested is given in the first table below. It should be noted that:
some of the figures may not provide a reliable indication of the normal level of mortality (they could be subject to large percentage year-to-year fluctuations because they are based on small numbers of deaths, as shown in the second table below);
n-a indicates not applicable
- none of the parts of Scotland which fall within the specified quintile are included in that particular NHS board''s area.
Standardised Death Rates and Numbers of Deaths Registered in Scotland in 2006
- by NHS Board Area1 and SIMD Quintile2
Standardised Death Rate per 1,000 Population3

SIMD Quintile
| Highland4
| Grampian
| Western Isles
| Orkney
| Shetland
| Scotland

1
| 13.8
| 14.5
| n-a
| n-a
| n-a
| 14.2

2
| 11.5
| 12.0
| 11.1
| 8.5
| 12.9
| 11.8

3
| 9.9
| 10.4
| 9.3
| 11.8
| 9.2
| 10.6

4
| 9.2
| 9.9
| 7.7
| 10.3
| 8.6
| 9.5

5
| 8.1
| 8.4
| n-a
| 6.6
| 5.7
| 8.0


Number of Deaths5,6
|