Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005	< Previous | Contents | Next >
B1.21 Time1,2 from first used illicit drugs3 until onset of problem drug use: year ending 31 March 2005 NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   Less than 1 year 1 - 2 years 3 - 4 years 5 - 6 years 7 - 8 years 9 - 10 years 11-14 years 15 years and over Information available (=100%) Information unavailable   percentage number Scotland 16 26 20 13 8 5 6 5 11 400 2 932 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 18 33 20 10 7 4 5 3 1 168 222 Ayrshire & Arran 22 20 15 14 7 6 7 9 576 711 Borders 27 33 12 13 7 2 2 4 100 85 Dumfries & Galloway 16 28 23 12 7 4 8 2 171 21 Fife 13 26 22 14 8 6 6 6 966 59 Forth Valley 12 22 30 10 9 4 7 6 207 165 Grampian 7 23 22 17 12 7 6 5 876 134 Greater Glasgow 15 26 20 14 9 6 6 5 2 917 248 Highland 19 25 16 10 8 7 7 9 355 195 Lanarkshire 17 33 19 13 7 3 5 3 1 026 563 Lothian 19 25 19 13 8 5 6 5 2 599 469 Orkney 44 11 11 11 11 - 11 - z z Shetland - 6 12 18 18 24 18 6 z z Tayside 12 25 23 14 9 5 6 6 480 62 Western Isles 7 36 29 21 7 - - - z z by council area Aberdeen City 8 25 24 19 10 5 4 5 501 16 Aberdeenshire 8 21 22 14 14 9 8 5 302 114 Angus 16 20 23 13 7 6 9 7 88 11 Argyll & Bute 20 22 16 12 9 8 9 5 141 38 Ayrshire East 19 22 18 13 9 4 8 6 237 134 Ayrshire North 23 22 15 16 6 5 6 8 213 426 Ayrshire South 23 16 9 14 4 10 7 16 128 158 Borders 27 33 12 13 7 2 2 4 100 85 Clackmannanshire 8 32 21 18 11 3 8 - 38 36 Dumfries & Galloway 16 28 23 12 7 4 8 2 171 21 Dunbartonshire East 22 19 13 16 6 9 7 7 68 10 Dunbartonshire West 15 24 22 12 9 6 6 5 344 40 Dundee City 11 28 24 14 10 4 5 4 336 42 Edinburgh City 23 26 18 11 7 4 5 5 1 638 317 Eilean Siar 7 36 29 21 7 - - - z z Falkirk 14 18 34 7 7 6 9 6 107 93 Fife 13 26 22 14 8 6 6 6 966 59 Glasgow City 15 26 20 14 9 6 6 5 2 582 201 Highland 19 25 16 10 8 7 7 9 355 195 Inverclyde 19 38 19 8 7 2 4 2 369 9 Lanarkshire North 18 28 19 15 7 3 5 4 621 420 Lanarkshire South 17 39 18 10 6 3 4 3 520 159 Lothian East 20 27 20 15 7 4 3 4 245 47 Lothian West 12 21 20 16 10 7 8 7 468 74 Midlothian 8 24 22 18 11 6 7 4 275 36 Moray 4 15 15 21 13 9 13 10 78 7 Orkney 44 11 11 11 11 - 11 - z z Perth & Kinross 9 16 14 18 11 9 9 16 57 11 Renfrewshire 19 35 21 11 6 3 4 2 432 145 Renfrewshire East 20 20 18 20 12 4 2 2 49 13 Shetland - 6 12 18 18 24 18 6 z z Stirling 11 23 28 9 11 3 6 9 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 illicit drugs, volatile substances, inappropriate use of over the counter medicines. Excludes alcohol and tobacco. - (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.