Table B1.3 : Age group analysis of males1,2 : year ending 31 March 2003
number of individuals, EASR (and 95% CI); NHS board and council area of residence
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS
	Numbers													EASR5
	All Ages	Under	15 - 19	20 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 34	35 - 39	40 years		Median				All ages		Under	15 - 19	20 - 24	25 - 29	30 - 34	35 - 39	40 years
		15 years	years	years	years	years	years	and over		age	Youngest	Oldest		Rate	(95% CI)	15 years	years	years	years	years	years	and over
Scotland	7 641	71	494	1 811	2 124	1 657	945	539		28	11	69		320	(313, 327)	14	307	1 148	1 387	900	485	49
by NHS board
Argyll & Clyde	758	5	42	189	221	163	92	46		27	14	55		410	(381, 439)	11	313	1 622	1 933	1 109	551	48
Ayrshire & Arran	1 058	5	88	248	277	222	121	97		28	13	68		675	(634, 715)	13	775	2 617	2 761	1 796	896	123
Borders	48	1	8	6	17	10	1	5		27	14	57		117	(84, 151)	9	283	266	668	276	24	21
Dumfries & Galloway	151	-	8	47	50	25	14	7		27	15	43		283	(237, 328)	-	187	1 498	1 422	539	256	22
Fife	561	15	56	139	166	106	44	35		27	12	60		361	(331, 391)	41	492	1 353	1 705	856	340	46
Forth Valley	224	8	24	58	61	41	19	13		26	12	58		177	(154, 200)	28	266	694	763	412	176	22
Grampian	623	8	49	216	193	96	43	18		26	12	48		240	(221, 259)	15	292	1 195	1 131	469	204	15
Greater Glasgow	2 211	5	51	371	629	593	382	180		30	13	62		508	(487, 529)	6	178	1 218	2 230	1 863	1 150	97
Highland	129	-	6	34	42	24	11	12		27	18	47		150	(124, 176)	-	93	639	753	359	140	25
Lanarkshire	256	3	23	69	64	58	25	14		27	13	53		99	(87, 111)	5	122	426	385	277	116	12
Lothian	1 371	17	114	353	354	272	166	95		27	11	69		337	(320, 355)	23	485	1 244	1 275	849	541	58
Tayside	276	4	23	87	64	52	30	16		26	11	52		159	(140, 178)	10	184	698	598	425	211	20
Island Boards3	28	-	2	10	6	5	2	3		27	17	48		100	(62, 137)	-	98	598	314	218	77	20
by council area
Aberdeen City	354	3	18	127	108	60	28	10		26	12	48		280	(251, 309)	17	270	1 270	1 250	681	345	22
Aberdeenshire	237	5	28	80	75	32	11	6		25	13	45		264	(230, 298)	19	376	1 422	1 330	398	119	11
Angus	34	-	3	11	7	7	5	1		27	17	41		75	(50, 101)	-	88	390	242	204	125	4
Argyll & Bute	104	-	6	33	24	17	14	10		27	16	46		270	(218, 322)	-	223	1 438	960	537	396	49
Ayrshire East	339	1	30	91	82	72	35	28		28	14	54		636	(568, 704)	8	807	2 875	2 291	1 662	759	109
Ayrshire North	538	4	47	126	153	101	56	51		27	13	68		945	(866, 1024)	27	1 086	3 594	4 257	2 241	1 145	177
Ayrshire South	192	-	12	34	46	51	31	18		30	15	60		410	(352, 468)	-	362	1 211	1 608	1 447	773	74
Borders	48	1	8	6	17	10	1	5		27	14	57		117	(84, 151)	9	283	266	668	276	24	21
Clackmannanshire	30	-	1	9	12	5	2	1		27	17	41		146	(94, 199)	-	64	700	875	289	106	9
Dumfries & Galloway	151	-	8	47	50	25	14	7		27	15	43		283	(237, 328)	-	187	1 498	1 422	539	256	22
Dunbartonshire East	55	-	2	18	17	7	9	2		27	18	47		129	(94, 164)	-	54	566	730	219	222	8
Dunbartonshire West	192	-	10	46	45	48	31	12		29	15	52		451	(387, 514)	-	313	1 728	1 714	1 448	880	58
Dundee City	154	3	11	49	37	31	15	8		26	11	51		213	(179, 247)	21	220	766	841	681	299	28
Edinburgh City	859	8	53	193	222	186	120	77		29	11	69		334	(311, 356)	21	392	947	1 187	967	692	84
Falkirk	125	2	17	30	28	27	14	7		26	12	58		186	(153, 218)	14	371	727	633	497	244	23
Fife	561	15	56	139	166	106	44	35		27	12	60		361	(331, 391)	41	492	1 353	1 705	856	340	46
Glasgow City	2 016	5	44	322	569	550	358	168		30	13	62		646	(618, 674)	9	230	1 458	2 657	2 406	1 583	142
Highland	129	-	6	34	42	24	11	12		27	18	47		150	(124, 176)	-	93	639	753	359	140	25
Inverclyde	229	-	5	63	73	44	29	15		27	15	55		629	(548, 710)	-	178	2 582	3 224	1 634	876	80
Lanarkshire North	138	2	8	39	28	31	22	8		28	13	53		88	(73, 103)	6	72	401	276	248	174	12
Lanarkshire South	190	1	16	48	59	45	8	13		27	14	46		142	(122, 162)	3	159	555	703	414	70	19
Lothian East	170	-	26	54	41	25	13	11		26	15	53		521	(441, 600)	-	1 056	2 956	1 929	791	368	55
Lothian West	208	9	23	60	44	40	26	6		26	13	50		280	(241, 318)	51	461	1 400	897	592	385	16
Midlothian	147	-	12	50	52	24	8	1		26	17	51		476	(399, 553)	-	473	2 647	2 552	829	262	5
Moray	35	-	3	10	11	5	4	2		27	15	44		85	(57, 114)	-	111	407	394	138	108	10
Perth & Kinross	88	1	9	27	20	14	10	7		25	14	52		163	(128, 197)	7	219	832	585	328	193	24
Renfrewshire	252	5	21	52	83	61	22	8		27	14	44		329	(288, 370)	28	387	1 061	1 754	972	314	20
Renfrewshire East	62	-	4	13	17	18	6	4		28	16	44		181	(135, 227)	-	136	555	926	685	177	18
Stirling	69	6	6	19	21	9	3	5		25	12	53		182	(139, 225)	68	208	643	950	321	95	27
Island Councils4	28	-	2	10	6	5	2	3		27	17	48		100	(62, 137)	-	98	598	314	218	77	20
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  Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles NHS boards.
4  Eilean Siar, Orkney and Shetland councils.
5  European Age Standardised Rate per 100 000 population.
Source : Scottish Drug Misuse Database.