Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005	< Previous | Contents | Next >
B1.25 Current injecting1,2: 2000/01 - 2004/05 percentage of individuals reporting injecting in the past month; 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 Information available (=100%) percentage number Scotland 39 38 41 37 30 10 209 10 484 10 653 11 975 13 064 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 40 35 38 36 25 1 276 1 163 1 157 1 218 1 321 Ayrshire & Arran 43 39 50 36 37 1 153 1 155 1 073 716 939 Borders 37 26 24 20 11 102 111 79 136 177 Dumfries & Galloway 77 70 76 58 51 203 251 256 200 187 Fife 38 36 48 48 47 595 600 782 973 998 Forth Valley 61 47 51 51 45 238 279 288 359 365 Grampian 53 49 54 62 55 622 667 928 1 148 880 Greater Glasgow 45 44 44 33 26 3 187 3 221 3 148 3 385 3 049 Highland 37 41 39 32 20 121 170 187 282 489 Lanarkshire 44 42 45 32 27 506 536 407 506 1 244 Lothian 17 23 25 27 24 1 863 2 024 2 006 2 545 2 920 Orkney - - - 8 - - z z z z Shetland 42 34 22 70 47 z z z z z Tayside 15 22 23 24 29 393 332 388 524 530 Western Isles 40 25 38 - 11 z z z z z by council area Aberdeen City 57 53 56 68 60 352 325 561 738 493 Aberdeenshire 52 48 53 52 50 202 283 318 347 309 Angus 13 32 23 39 46 54 44 53 101 97 Argyll & Bute 53 38 33 32 22 58 112 134 146 156 Ayrshire East 48 41 52 35 37 437 335 284 181 307 Ayrshire North 36 34 47 39 36 492 557 586 427 455 Ayrshire South 51 48 54 30 39 243 282 212 115 179 Borders 37 26 24 20 11 102 111 79 136 177 Clackmannanshire 50 37 35 49 37 48 54 40 74 73 Dumfries & Galloway 77 70 76 58 51 203 251 256 200 187 Dunbartonshire East 40 47 21 35 20 120 83 82 99 76 Dunbartonshire West 42 39 45 35 27 293 253 295 330 371 Dundee City 12 14 13 17 23 260 186 219 319 368 Edinburgh City 19 23 23 27 25 1 316 1 432 1 279 1 694 1 859 Eilean Siar 40 25 38 - 11 z z z z z Falkirk 68 53 53 55 49 97 128 156 166 194 Fife 38 36 48 48 47 595 600 782 973 998 Glasgow City 46 44 45 33 27 2 842 2 912 2 863 3 080 2 686 Highland 37 41 39 32 20 121 170 187 282 489 Inverclyde 55 48 48 44 25 452 400 367 408 371 Lanarkshire North 43 45 47 37 30 337 379 223 305 788 Lanarkshire South 43 37 42 25 21 306 282 287 300 578 Lothian East 14 27 24 23 18 177 187 241 204 267 Lothian West 17 19 25 28 20 223 217 309 432 529 Midlothian 14 26 37 32 23 156 204 200 234 295 Moray 38 31 43 48 51 69 64 53 67 84 Orkney - - - 8 - - z z z z Perth & Kinross 27 34 44 32 37 79 103 116 105 67 Renfrewshire 27 21 26 33 23 471 418 395 368 543 Renfrewshire East 29 27 22 20 15 117 89 85 92 60 Shetland 42 34 22 70 47 z z z z z Stirling 61 43 54 47 42 94 97 92 122 102 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. 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.