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Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005

 

B1.23 Time1,2 from onset of problem drug use until help was first sought3: 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

25

34

16

9

5

3

3

3

11 429

2 903

by NHS board

Argyll & Clyde

29

34

16

9

5

3

3

2

1 153

237

Ayrshire & Arran

17

34

18

9

7

4

6

5

773

514

Borders

39

30

11

6

6

2

4

3

101

84

Dumfries & Galloway

20

47

16

6

4

2

3

2

171

21

Fife

25

36

18

10

4

3

3

2

953

72

Forth Valley

27

33

17

10

5

2

2

3

205

167

Grampian

30

40

16

7

3

2

2

1

859

151

Greater Glasgow

20

30

17

11

8

5

5

4

2 871

294

Highland

20

32

17

8

8

7

3

4

347

203

Lanarkshire

26

40

17

7

4

2

2

2

1 008

581

Lothian

30

33

15

9

4

3

3

2

2 560

508

Orkney

33

33

-

22

-

-

-

11

z

z

Shetland

24

18

24

6

18

12

-

-

z

z

Tayside

31

38

15

7

5

2

1

1

467

75

Western Isles

21

29

29

14

-

-

-

7

z

z

by council area

Aberdeen City

28

42

15

7

4

1

2

1

494

23

Aberdeenshire

30

41

16

5

3

2

2

1

294

122

Angus

33

43

11

7

4

1

1

-

83

16

Argyll & Bute

20

34

15

12

7

5

3

5

137

42

Ayrshire East

24

34

19

5

6

4

5

3

244

127

Ayrshire North

13

33

17

12

7

5

6

7

371

268

Ayrshire South

17

35

19

5

9

3

7

5

159

127

Borders

39

30

11

6

6

2

4

3

101

84

Clackmannanshire

15

33

18

8

10

3

3

10

39

35

Dumfries & Galloway

20

47

16

6

4

2

3

2

171

21

Dunbartonshire East

38

25

7

16

6

6

1

1

69

9

Dunbartonshire West

29

34

13

9

6

3

3

4

337

47

Dundee City

30

36

18

6

5

3

2

1

329

49

Edinburgh City

31

33

15

8

4

3

3

2

1 612

343

Eilean Siar

21

29

29

14

-

-

-

7

z

z

Falkirk

28

33

18

12

4

1

3

1

105

95

Fife

25

36

18

10

4

3

3

2

953

72

Glasgow City

19

30

18

11

8

5

5

5

2 540

243

Highland

20

32

17

8

8

7

3

4

347

203

Inverclyde

34

29

14

11

6

3

2

1

367

11

Lanarkshire North

27

40

18

6

4

2

2

2

613

428

Lanarkshire South

22

42

16

9

4

2

3

2

508

171

Lothian East

31

34

17

9

5

3

1

0

241

51

Lothian West

27

34

16

10

4

3

3

3

461

81

Midlothian

33

33

15

9

5

3

1

1

273

38

Moray

42

25

17

11

3

3

-

-

76

9

Orkney

33

33

-

22

-

-

-

11

z

z

Perth & Kinross

30

39

9

7

9

2

2

2

56

12

Renfrewshire

27

36

19

7

4

3

4

0

427

150

Renfrewshire East

15

42

10

10

6

8

2

6

48

14

Shetland

24

18

24

6

18

12

-

-

z

z

Stirling

33

33

14

8

5

3

2

3

64

38

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.