Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005

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B1.5 Age group and gender¹: 2000/01 - 2004/05
percentage and number of individuals; gender and age group
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS

2000/01^r

2001/02^r

2002/03^r

2003/04^r

2004/05

2000/01^r

2001/02^r

2002/03^r

2003/04^r

2004/05

percentage

numbers

Males & females (=100%)

10 581

11 685

11 718

13 086

14 332

Under 15 years

1

48

1

2

1

84

109

122

219

214

15-19 years

11

23

8

7

7

1 160

1 166

991

976

1 016

20-24 years

27

26

26

22

20

2 894

3 052

3 013

2 912

2 928

25-29 years

28

28

27

26

26

2 994

3 231

3 177

3 433

3 698

30-34 years

19

19

20

21

21

1 969

2 234

2 365

2 748

3 028

35-39 years

9

10

11

13

14

947

1 215

1 304

1 692

2 001

40 years and over

5

6

6

8

10

533

678

746

1 106

1 447

Males (=100%)

7 187

7 864

7 792

8 587

9 585

Under 15 years

1

1

1

2

1

54

67

87

161

139

15-19 years

9

8

7

6

6

665

654

516

544

609

20-24 years

26

24

24

20

18

1 879

1 912

1 843

1 717

1 764

25-29 years

29

29

28

26

26

2 079

2 281

2 154

2 264

2 458

30-34 years

20

20

22

22

22

1 447

1 573

1 683

1 912

2 135

35-39 years

10

11

12

14

15

687

869

964

1 208

1 447

40 years and over

5

6

7

9

11

376

508

545

781

1 033

Females (=100%)

3 394

3 821

3 926

4 499

4 747

Under 15 years

1

1

1

1

2

30

42

35

58

75

15-19 years

15

13

12

10

9

495

512

475

432

407

20-24 years

30

30

30

27

25

1 015

1 140

1 170

1 195

1 164

25-29 years

27

25

26

26

26

915

950

1 023

1 169

1 240

30-34 years

15

17

17

19

19

522

661

682

836

893

35-39 years

8

9

9

11

12

260

346

340

484

554

40 years and over

5

4

5

7

9

157

170

201

325

414

1 All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges.
r Revised.
|| Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100%.
Source: Scottish Drug Misuse Database