Table B1.29 : Current sharing of needles/syringes1,2:  1998/99 - 2002/03
individuals reported to have injected in the past month; NHS board and council area of residence
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS
	1998/996,r	1999/006,r	2000/016,r	2001/02r	2002/03		1998/996,r	1999/006,r	2000/016,r	2001/02r	2002/03
	percentage						Information available (=100%)
Scotland3	34	34	34	36	32		2 750	2 963	3 136	2 914	3 287
by NHS board
Argyll & Clyde	32	40	34	40	36		354	349	349	299	362
Ayrshire & Arran3	24	25	31	25	22		46	209	415	391	448
Borders	100	38	65	55	46		8	16	37	20	13
Dumfries & Galloway	42	38	34	41	30		109	102	112	117	152
Fife	45	29	28	33	27		145	129	194	163	272
Forth Valley	36	35	43	28	44		141	133	131	97	121
Grampian	39	50	48	48	38		457	348	277	220	338
Greater Glasgow	28	28	30	36	32		1 106	1 158	1 162	1 068	1 060
Highland	55	48	49	37	26		22	40	41	43	46
Lanarkshire	48	42	48	52	55		144	200	179	147	97
Lothian	26	31	32	29	32		171	226	229	327	340
Tayside	33	25	23	49	47		66	72	39	45	62
Island Boards4	-	20	20	40	33		3	5	5	10	6
Outside Scotland	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-
by council area
Aberdeen City	34	48	46	39	42		337	235	165	117	193
Aberdeenshire	52	59	52	57	30		97	94	91	96	134
Angus	38	29	-	38	33		13	7	5	8	6
Argyll & Bute	58	48	55	47	56		12	21	22	30	36
Ayrshire East3	29	32	35	26	19		14	82	172	129	126
Ayrshire North3	11	19	34	26	21		9	58	144	154	232
Ayrshire South3	26	21	22	21	25		23	72	107	119	97
Borders	100	38	65	55	46		8	16	37	20	13
Clackmannanshire	48	53	43	27	36		25	19	23	15	11
Dumfries & Galloway	42	38	34	41	30		109	102	112	117	152
Dunbartonshire East	71	41	32	72	20		14	46	41	29	10
Dunbartonshire West	29	27	27	35	25		129	116	100	75	106
Dundee City	26	20	33	50	35		42	44	21	10	20
Edinburgh City	31	31	31	29	39		131	168	167	241	192
Falkirk	32	21	40	33	42		66	61	60	51	71
Fife	45	29	28	33	27		145	129	194	163	272
Glasgow City	27	28	30	34	32		1 037	1 038	1 044	984	998
Highland	55	48	49	37	26		22	40	41	43	46
Inverclyde	35	50	40	43	36		158	193	176	152	152
Lanarkshire North	48	38	44	50	48		106	125	116	119	52
Lanarkshire South	48	38	42	55	53		75	120	109	56	75
Lothian East	11	15	50	41	17		9	13	16	32	36
Lothian West	16	38	28	24	34		25	29	32	25	68
Midlothian	-	24	38	24	13		6	17	16	33	48
Moray	52	42	41	56	50		25	19	22	9	14
Perth & Kinross	55	33	15	52	56		11	21	13	27	36
Renfrewshire	29	20	27	35	39		73	40	66	52	84
Refrewshire East	67	18	14	37	25		6	17	29	19	12
Stirling	36	43	47	19	49		50	53	49	31	39
Island Councils5	-	20	20	40	33		3	5	5	10	6
Outside Scotland	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	1	-	-
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 area and council area. Therefore the sum of local area data may not equal the Scotland figure.
3 An additional 9 agencies in Ayrshire & Arran began contributing to SDMD in 1999/00.
4 Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles NHS boards.
5 Eilean Siar, Orkney and Shetland councils.
6 Refers to sharing 'injecting equipment' for years 1998/99 to 2000/01 and sharing needles/syringes for 2001/02 to 2002/03.
See supplementary explanation of information presented
r  Revised.
Source: Scottish Drug Misuse Database.