Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005	< Previous | Contents | Next >
B1.20 Age when help first sought1,2,3: year ending 31 March 2005 NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   Under 15 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40 years and over Information available (=100%) Information unavailable percentage number Scotland 2 23 32 21 12 6 4 11 683 2 649 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 3 26 31 21 10 5 3 1 172 218 Ayrshire & Arran 1 18 29 20 16 8 10 819 468 Borders 20 24 27 16 8 2 3 104 81 Dumfries & Galloway 5 26 35 17 9 6 2 175 17 Fife 6 26 32 18 10 5 3 962 63 Forth Valley 3 28 29 17 10 6 7 210 162 Grampian 1 31 36 17 9 3 2 872 138 Greater Glasgow 1 16 33 24 14 7 5 2 899 266 Highland 5 20 25 24 16 6 5 352 198 Lanarkshire 3 21 38 20 11 5 2 1 037 552 Lothian 2 25 32 20 12 6 4 2 636 432 Orkney - 11 22 33 - 11 22 z z Shetland - 12 47 29 6 6 - z z Tayside 1 30 31 21 11 4 2 484 58 Western Isles 6 18 53 12 6 - 6 z z by council area Aberdeen City 0 34 39 13 8 3 3 500 17 Aberdeenshire 3 30 33 20 9 3 1 299 117 Angus 4 26 38 14 13 5 - 84 15 Argyll & Bute 3 19 29 24 16 4 6 140 39 Ayrshire East 0 20 27 24 16 6 7 248 123 Ayrshire North 1 19 32 18 16 7 8 411 228 Ayrshire South 1 12 23 20 15 11 19 161 125 Borders 20 24 27 16 8 2 3 104 81 Clackmannanshire - 18 30 25 15 3 10 40 34 Dumfries & Galloway 5 26 35 17 9 6 2 175 17 Dunbartonshire East 1 12 35 20 17 6 9 69 9 Dunbartonshire West 5 25 33 17 12 6 2 344 40 Dundee City 1 33 30 22 8 4 2 341 37 Edinburgh City 2 24 31 20 13 6 4 1 658 297 Eilean Siar 6 18 53 12 6 - 6 z z Falkirk 2 31 28 19 10 5 6 108 92 Fife 6 26 32 18 10 5 3 962 63 Glasgow City 1 16 33 24 14 7 5 2 565 218 Highland 5 20 25 24 16 6 5 352 198 Inverclyde 4 32 30 20 7 4 3 368 10 Lanarkshire North 3 22 38 19 11 5 3 636 405 Lanarkshire South 1 20 38 23 10 6 2 515 164 Lothian East - 27 33 22 11 5 2 249 43 Lothian West 4 25 29 23 10 6 3 476 66 Midlothian 2 27 41 17 8 3 1 281 30 Moray - 18 36 27 13 3 4 78 7 Orkney - 11 22 33 - 11 22 z z Perth & Kinross - 15 25 27 23 5 5 60 8 Renfrewshire 1 22 34 24 11 5 2 436 141 Renfrewshire East - 18 32 26 14 8 2 50 12 Shetland - 12 47 29 6 6 - z z Stirling 8 29 28 12 6 11 6 65 37 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 Includes professional help/advice for their drug misuse problem. - (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.