Table B1.1 :  New individual patients/clients reported1,2:  1998/99 - 2002/03
number of individuals and EASR; NHS board and council area of residence
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS
	Numbers						EASR6
	1998/99r	1999/00r	2000/01r	2001/02r	2002/03		1998/99r	1999/00r	2000/01r	2001/02r	2002/03
Scotland3	9 128	10 440	10 575	11 648	11 472		180	208	219	242	237
by NHS board
Argyll & Clyde	1 432	1 206	1 335	1 221	1 196		363	309	362	333	324
Ayrshire & Arran3	140	1 175	1 230	1 878	1 652		41	352	392	598	519
Borders	79	79	106	118	68		94	98	134	148	83
Dumfries & Galloway	219	194	203	253	243		195	179	188	235	229
Fife	384	420	599	615	806		117	130	190	195	256
Forth Valley	326	259	242	293	309		122	98	93	113	120
Grampian	826	710	633	697	978		162	142	122	138	193
Greater Glasgow	2 837	3 251	3 290	3 392	3 216		282	326	372	374	353
Highland	75	115	124	176	178		41	61	70	103	105
Lanarkshire	424	536	512	552	378		76	97	99	106	72
Lothian	1 841	1 994	1 951	2 139	2 093		218	236	236	259	253
Tayside	565	542	397	344	401		157	151	111	98	115
Island Boards4	28	28	23	46	36		45	48	41	83	69
Outside Scotland	2	7	3	2	-		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
by council area
Aberdeen City	592	435	361	343	582		264	199	146	139	235
Aberdeenshire	172	201	204	292	345		85	101	112	169	195
Angus	76	65	54	47	52		74	65	59	54	60
Argyll & Bute	31	48	60	120	146		39	64	83	167	202
Ayrshire East3	60	391	465	590	526		54	362	443	557	493
Ayrshire North3	30	579	527	905	830		24	455	444	770	698
Ayrshire South3	50	218	258	408	312		50	223	284	452	336
Borders	79	79	106	118	68		94	98	134	148	83
Clackmannanshire	63	44	48	58	45		147	108	111	136	110
Dumfries & Galloway	219	194	203	253	243		195	179	188	235	229
Dunbartonshire East	58	132	122	100	82		55	123	137	113	95
Dunbartonshire West	362	304	298	262	303		386	319	348	304	346
Dundee City	407	354	262	188	228		280	254	172	126	155
Edinburgh City	1 328	1 433	1 387	1 502	1 348		255	275	266	284	259
Falkirk	169	128	98	135	164		120	95	74	101	120
Fife	384	420	599	615	806		117	130	190	195	256
Glasgow City	2 574	2 902	2 927	3 055	2 923		353	407	465	469	448
Highland	75	115	124	176	178		41	61	70	103	105
Inverclyde	392	379	462	407	378		513	498	617	554	511
Lanarkshire North	310	364	336	385	202		93	110	108	123	64
Lanarkshire South	226	299	328	297	283		77	103	121	108	103
Lothian East	127	154	179	203	244		154	154	266	310	368
Lothian West	242	267	232	232	313		154	166	153	154	206
Midlothian	164	156	162	219	213		208	196	242	343	335
Moray	64	75	69	67	56		76	91	89	91	75
Perth & Kinross	85	123	81	110	121		76	108	72	101	115
Renfrewshire	659	507	515	457	406		395	310	328	295	260
Refrewshire East	98	81	119	90	87		309	101	173	130	126
Stirling	94	87	97	100	100		114	101	117	123	125
Island Councils5	28	28	23	46	36		45	48	41	83	69
Outside Scotland	2	7	3	2	-		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1 All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges.
2 Individuals are included once within each NHS board and council area. Therefore the sum of the local area data may not equal the Scotland figure.
3  Information has been received from an additional 9 agencies in Ayrshire & Arran NHS board area from April 1999.
4 Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles NHS boards.
5 Eilean Siar, Orkney and Shetland councils.
6  European Age Standardised Rate per 100 000 population.
r Revised
Source: Scottish Drug Misuse Database.