Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005	< Previous | Contents | Next >
B1.14 Reports of heroin use1,2: 2000/01 - 2004/05 percentage of individuals reporting use of heroin; NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2000/01r 2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05 2000/01r 2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05 percentage Individuals reporting illicit drug use3 (=100%) Scotland 78 77 76 71 68 9 477 10 570 10 517 11 354 11 842 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 84 82 80 79 71 1 225 1 126 1 109 1 125 1 174 Ayrshire & Arran 84 76 72 67 72 1 138 1 870 1 636 1 242 1 096 Borders 48 43 47 41 35 97 110 77 133 172 Dumfries & Galloway 98 91 91 81 78 200 246 248 189 171 Fife 73 70 75 72 72 566 571 766 904 955 Forth Valley 88 76 78 71 74 216 260 267 340 334 Grampian 87 88 86 85 84 594 631 900 1 097 825 Greater Glasgow 86 84 83 70 64 2 918 2 898 2 816 2 776 2 513 Highland 70 67 69 61 53 112 163 180 252 397 Lanarkshire 84 84 76 68 69 474 517 393 507 1 177 Lothian 59 70 66 67 66 1 628 1 874 1 796 2 291 2 548 Orkney - 17 33 - 13 - z z z z Shetland 43 84 84 81 75 z z z z z Tayside 32 51 53 66 74 349 321 364 506 496 Western Isles 20 63 60 33 16 z z z z z by council area Aberdeen City 90 88 87 87 85 334 303 534 713 463 Aberdeenshire 87 90 87 80 81 196 270 317 324 289 Angus 26 60 65 68 78 47 42 40 97 88 Argyll & Bute 82 88 63 71 51 56 110 130 138 137 Ayrshire East 83 78 77 71 70 430 586 526 378 319 Ayrshire North 83 76 71 66 72 484 901 816 652 565 Ayrshire South 86 72 68 66 79 242 408 310 224 221 Borders 48 43 47 41 35 97 110 77 133 172 Clackmannanshire 86 72 55 73 75 44 50 38 75 65 Dumfries & Galloway 98 91 91 81 78 200 246 248 189 171 Dunbartonshire East 94 82 81 79 70 108 93 72 86 64 Dunbartonshire West 81 82 81 74 62 271 240 280 290 327 Dundee City 26 41 42 65 71 231 176 210 308 349 Edinburgh City 54 68 63 65 66 1 138 1 297 1 111 1 488 1 577 Eilean Siar 20 63 60 33 16 z z z z z Falkirk 89 83 84 76 75 92 119 144 156 179 Fife 73 70 75 72 72 566 571 766 904 955 Glasgow City 86 84 83 70 65 2 595 2 591 2 560 2 508 2 216 Highland 70 67 69 61 53 112 163 180 252 397 Inverclyde 88 87 86 82 71 432 373 346 378 310 Lanarkshire North 81 84 75 69 71 308 355 219 307 770 Lanarkshire South 88 82 77 64 66 300 273 264 286 499 Lothian East 77 79 79 77 69 162 186 220 200 237 Lothian West 62 65 63 61 65 200 206 286 407 482 Midlothian 73 83 76 78 72 135 199 198 212 279 Moray 74 79 74 86 90 65 62 54 64 79 Orkney - 17 33 - 13 - z z z z Perth & Kinross 55 65 68 71 84 71 104 114 102 61 Renfrewshire 82 77 82 82 77 463 424 376 347 503 Renfrewshire East 83 76 67 74 60 109 87 87 82 53 Shetland 43 84 84 81 75 z z z z z Stirling 88 69 78 63 70 81 91 85 112 93 1 All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchang 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 At least one drug has been reported in the illicit drug profile. r Revised. 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.