About 45% said they had a "limiting long-term illness" and the constituency remains among the worst in Scotland for smoking and crime.
And he said that in addition to free prescriptions for people with cancer, charges would also be waived for anyone suffering from a long-term illness.
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The majority of those absent are off due to long-term illness.
By contrast, almost no one could afford outright the medical bills of a serious hit-and-run car accident, or a long-term illness brought about through no fault of your own.
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In the county as a whole there is an unusually high percentage of pensioners and those with a limiting long-term illness, and 14% of households have no central heating.
Credits may, however, be available for individuals unable to work because they are looking after a child under the age of six or a person with long-term illness or disability.
The Department for Work and Pensions is still working on the details of the new scheme, but Lord Freud said that most people would be expected to go to the service after four weeks of sickness absence unless there is a specified reason not to, such as a serious long-term illness.
Scenario two: Marcus Trescothick is sent home from the Ashes tour with a chronic long-term stress-related illness.
She wondered how long-term unemployed people with an illness are supposed to find jobs in the current recession.
Half of all long-term smokers will die from tobacco-related illness, which causes 100, 000 deaths a year.
We discussed putting a long term care policy in place because the cost of an illness or accident could totally derail her retirement plans and dreams.
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The illness usually resolves in a few days with no long-term effects.
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