Talk:Demographics of Scotland/Archive 1

"Social problems" section
There's a section "Social problems" that states:


 * "Scotland is reported to have the second highest murder rate in Western Europe and people living in Scotland are more than three times as likely to be killed than those in England and Wales. [5]. Rising levels of violence in Scotland have been aggravated by alcohol and drug abuse, gang culture. Almost half of all murders in Scotland are committed by people under the influence of drugs or drink [6]."

I don't really think the above belongs in an article about demographics. Perhaps it belongs in a Crime in Scotland article or something. Just not here. (NB: I won't be taking any further part in discussing this matter - I only came across the article in a random way.) --A bit iffy 23:57, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Population drops
In the section on demographics it says that Aberdeen is seeing a population drop of around -0.5%. Is there a reference available for this figure? I would like to include it in the Aberdeen article. Bobbacon 12:37, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Ethnic groups
What exactly is meant by Black Scottish or any other black background? I presume the figure comes from the census, but given that there is a figure for African and for Carribean I am puzzled by "any other black background". Black English? Black American? Scolaire 20:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

update the figures this year!
Please make sure that you update this page this year - it's now badly out of date. Population stands at 5.146 million and mid-year 06/07 estimate is for a further increase of 28,000 across the 07 year, making Scotland's population 5.174 million, or just 86,000 below its all-time high.86.153.34.37 (talk) 12:12, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Article naming
Almost all similar articles are titled "Demographics of ..." (see Special|Allpages:Demography of) so shouldn't this one be "Demographics of Scotland"? Colonies Chris (talk) 13:22, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I wonder if we were the only ones marching in step. We would always say economy of Scotland, not economics of Scotland.--  SabreBD  (talk ) 23:20, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
 * An interesting parallel. "Demography" vs "Demographics" has been debated more than once at Talk:Demographics, where opinions differ but "Demographics" strongly prevails. Colonies Chris (talk) 11:06, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * This is partly a Comparison of American and British English issue. Interestingly a TIME magazine article calls David Coleman "professor of demographics" at Oxford, but Oxford calls him "Professor of Demography". There is clearly a bias, as a google search for "Professor of Demographics" turns up more US institutions and for "Professor of Demography" includes most of the British institutions. However, most interestingly "Professor of Demographics" only gets 17,600 results, while Professor of Demography gets 200,000 results. So this may be a WP:ENGVAR problem, but it is also a WP:COMMON NAME issue and, although this evidence is less than conclusive, we seem to have the wrong common name.--  SabreBD  (talk ) 12:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Population 2014
The table list 2014 as having a population of 1,617,989. This is surely incorrect.--JamesPoulson (talk) 11:26, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Restored table to remove data which was a reference the 45% who voted Yes in the referendum.Tmol42 (talk) 11:58, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

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The Outer Hebrides' name
The article mentions "the island group of Eilean Siar". Should it be changed to an English name, the Outer Hebrides, or did the writer mean Comhairle nan Eilean Siar?--Adûnâi (talk) 17:17, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

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