Data below is for Scotland in 2015. The total number of amputees was 802 (835 amputations). Data is available for 704 of these amputees (737 amputations)
Age & Sex of amputee population:Â Â Â Â Â
| Average Age | 68 |
| Males % | 66.5 |
| Females % | 33.5 |
Patients fitted with a prosthesis sex and level (only unilateral)
| Sex | Males | Females |
| Total Number | 372 | 161 |
| Percentage limb fitted with transtibial amputation | 68% | 68% |
| Percentage limb fitted with transfemoral amputation | 24% | 20% |
| Cause of Amputation:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | N | % |
| PAD without diabetes | 286 | 40.63 |
| Diabetes | 315 | 44.74 |
| Trauma or burns | 14 | 1.99 |
| Tumour | 8 | 1.14 |
| Congenital deformity | 5 | 0.71 |
| Drug Abuse | 17 | 2.41 |
| Venous Disease | 5 | 0.71 |
| Orthopaedic | 24 | 3.41 |
| Blood-borne Infection | 8 | 1.14 |
| Renal Failure | 2 | 0.28 |
| Other | 13 | 1.85 |
| Not Recorded | 7 | 0.99 |
| Total | 704 | 100 |
| Initial level of amputation: | N | % |
| Transtibial | 377 | 51.15 |
| Transfermoral | 342 | 46.40 |
| Transpelvic | 1 | 0.14 |
| Hip Disarticulation | 5 | 0.68 |
| Knee Disarticulation | 12 | 1.63 |
| Ankle Disarticulation | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Not recorded | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 737 | 100.0 |
| Patients fitted with a prosthesis: | |
| Number of patients | 704 |
| Number fitted | 293 |
| Percentage fitted | 41.61 |