dmist logo

Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005

 

B1.7 Source of referral to specialist drug services1,2: year ending 31 March 2005
NHS board and council area of residence
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS

 

Self

GP/
primary
care team

Criminal
justice
- social work

Criminal
justice
- other

Social
work
- other

Specialist
drug
service

Family/
friend

Psychiatrist

Others3

Information
available
(n=100%)

Information
unavailable

percentage

numbers

Scotland

30

34

6

6

6

10

0

0

9

11 949

428

by NHS board

Argyll & Clyde

46

15

5

10

7

5

1

0

11

969

12

Ayrshire & Arran

29

35

3

5

5

14

0

0

9

1 274

12

Borders

29

23

5

3

5

3

2

-

31

167

-

Dumfries & Galloway

46

24

2

2

1

13

1

1

12

189

2

Fife

30

27

12

7

9

5

0

0

9

957

34

Forth Valley

24

15

14

8

6

17

-

-

16

356

7

Grampian

25

48

7

4

3

6

0

-

6

863

98

Greater Glasgow

36

24

6

6

8

13

0

0

7

2 899

49

Highland

22

26

15

7

2

12

0

-

14

494

20

Lanarkshire

18

53

6

7

7

5

1

-

3

1 458

125

Lothian

23

45

2

2

4

13

0

0

11

1 867

50

Orkney

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Shetland

59

35

-

-

-

6

-

-

-

z

z

Tayside

30

36

4

11

7

5

-

-

8

504

23

Western Isles

29

14

14

-

-

14

-

-

29

z

z

by council area

Aberdeen City

24

48

10

4

1

8

0

-

4

487

7

Aberdeenshire

33

37

6

4

7

5

-

-

7

297

92

Angus

22

49

2

9

6

4

-

-

8

90

6

Argyll & Bute

39

28

7

3

5

6

1

-

12

148

1

Ayrshire East

23

46

1

5

6

13

0

0

6

367

4

Ayrshire North

29

29

3

6

6

15

-

-

12

633

5

Ayrshire South

38

35

4

4

1

13

-

-

6

283

3

Borders

29

23

5

3

5

3

2

-

31

167

-

Clackmannanshire

21

15

19

8

1

25

-

-

10

72

1

Dumfries & Galloway

46

24

2

2

1

13

1

1

12

189

2

Dunbartonshire East

36

41

7

3

7

5

-

-

2

59

1

Dunbartonshire West

43

16

6

9

8

5

1

0

13

334

5

Dundee City

34

29

4

12

8

6

-

-

8

354

14

Edinburgh City

24

45

2

2

5

14

0

0

8

1 090

26

Eilean Siar

29

14

14

-

-

14

-

-

29

z

z

Falkirk

25

14

13

8

6

15

-

-

19

195

5

Fife

30

27

12

7

9

5

0

0

9

957

34

Glasgow City

36

23

6

5

8

13

0

-

7

2 565

45

Highland

22

26

15

7

2

12

0

-

14

494

20

Inverclyde

59

5

3

14

7

4

1

-

8

222

-

Lanarkshire North

19

53

5

8

8

4

1

0

3

959

78

Lanarkshire South

18

51

6

8

7

8

-

-

2

613

49

Lothian East

19

61

1

4

3

3

1

-

9

117

18

Lothian West

20

34

3

1

5

16

-

0

22

440

4

Midlothian

24

57

0

2

1

8

1

1

5

238

2

Moray

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Orkney

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Perth & Kinross

14

52

10

11

8

-

-

-

5

63

3

Renfrewshire

48

13

5

12

7

5

-

-

11

382

7

Renfrewshire East

27

27

3

10

7

15

-

2

8

59

-

Shetland

59

35

-

-

-

6

-

-

-

z

z

Stirling

23

18

11

10

9

15

-

-

14

92

2

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 Others includes : general hospital services, schools and teachers.
- (zero); 0 (>0.0 & <0.5)
|| Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100%.
z Not shown where the number of new clients < 40. Caution is advised in interpreting differences in percentages across years due to small numbers.
See also supplementary information
Source: Scottish Drug Misuse Database.