Scottish cities

Percentage of people who have a disability in selected Scottish cities and Scotland, April 2013-March 2016Disability trend Scottish cities 2016

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Glasgow has had the highest level of working age disability among the selected Scottish cities over the past three years, and Edinburgh the lowest. While the level of reported disability has decreased in Aberdeen in since 2014/15, it has increased in Glasgow and Edinburgh. 

Notes

The Annual Population Survey's disability category includes people with a long-term condition which substantially limits their day-to-day activities (Equality Act Core disabled), and those who have a long-term disability which affects the kind or amount of work they might do (work-limiting disabled).

Changes in the wording of the disability questions in 2013 make comparison with data from earlier years difficult to interpret.

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