Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005

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B1.28 Age when first injected¹: 2000/01 - 2004/05
percentage of individuals reported to have injected in past month by age first injected
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS

2000/01^r

2001/02^r

2002/03^r

2003/04^r

2004/05

New individual patients/clients

3 972

3 950

4 393

4 374

3 944

Information available (=100%)

3 399

3 602

4 080

4 057

3 598

percentage

Under 15 years

3

3

3

3

3

15-19 years

37

37

37

36

37

20-24 years

33

32

32

32

30

25-29 years

18

18

16

18

18

30-34 years

7

7

8

8

8

25-39 years

2

3

2

3

3

40 years and over

1

1

1

1

1

Median age

21

21

21

21

21

1 All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges.
r Revised.
|| Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100%.
See also supplementary information
Source: Scottish Drug Misuse Database