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B1.10 Seeking prescription1,2: 2002/03 - 2004/05 NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05 Information available (=100%) percentage numbers Scotland3 46 42 43 10 350 12 036 13 182 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 49 49 44 1 217 1 254 1 390 Ayrshire & Arran3 85 51 83 284 249 133 Borders 26 22 11 82 142 185 Dumfries & Galloway 72 68 55 258 202 192 Fife 47 47 48 822 996 1 025 Forth Valley 45 44 42 312 398 372 Grampian 37 37 33 995 1 186 1 010 Greater Glasgow 45 39 39 3 284 3 520 3 165 Highland 34 31 27 190 322 550 Lanarkshire 44 40 52 420 577 1 589 Lothian 43 43 48 2 123 2 665 3 068 Orkney - 6 36 z z z Shetland 30 57 59 z z z Tayside 38 41 37 411 541 542 Western Isles 54 40 5 z z z by council area Aberdeen City 38 36 35 600 761 517 Aberdeenshire 31 32 24 344 361 416 Angus 38 47 44 53 104 99 Argyll & Bute 27 42 26 155 161 179 Ayrshire East3 86 42 83 59 74 24 Ayrshire North3 81 63 82 162 123 82 Ayrshire South3 92 36 89 65 55 27 Borders 26 22 11 82 142 185 Clackmannanshire 27 36 32 45 91 74 Dumfries & Galloway 72 68 55 258 202 192 Dunbartonshire East 35 37 38 85 101 78 Dunbartonshire West 52 39 27 308 338 384 Dundee City 37 40 35 235 332 378 Edinburgh City 42 42 47 1 369 1 784 1 955 Eilean Siar 54 40 5 z z z Falkirk 52 53 45 166 184 200 Fife 47 47 48 822 996 1 025 Glasgow City 46 40 41 2 984 3 193 2 783 Highland 34 31 27 190 322 550 Inverclyde 47 52 40 377 415 378 Lanarkshire North 44 39 53 234 358 1 041 Lanarkshire South 41 40 46 296 333 679 Lothian East 45 60 65 249 215 292 Lothian West 38 34 37 316 443 542 Midlothian 53 55 56 214 242 311 Moray 57 70 73 56 69 85 Orkney - 6 36 z z z Perth & Kinross 41 38 37 123 106 68 Renfrewshire 52 51 54 413 380 577 Renfrewshire East 49 46 44 89 92 62 Shetland 30 57 59 z z z Stirling 41 37 44 101 127 102 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 Information on seeking prescription is not currently collected by the local Ayrshire database. - (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.