Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005	< Previous | Contents | Next >
B1.30 Injecting heroin use1,2,3: 2000/01 - 2004/05 percentage of individuals reporting use of heroin by injecting; 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 54 52 59 57 51 7 283 7 917 7 788 7 855 7 997 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 51 45 51 48 40 1 012 921 888 892 830 Ayrshire & Arran 52 50 64 60 61 945 1 189 1 013 693 739 Borders 83 51 53 51 38 47 47 36 53 60 Dumfries & Galloway 80 77 86 76 73 194 224 225 153 133 Fife 55 54 66 71 68 412 398 571 650 686 Forth Valley 78 69 74 84 68 189 197 205 237 246 Grampian 63 61 69 77 71 514 550 772 929 692 Greater Glasgow 57 59 59 56 46 2 481 2 410 2 320 1 930 1 605 Highland 56 61 60 57 47 77 109 124 154 208 Lanarkshire 54 53 62 52 55 398 431 299 329 788 Lothian 32 37 43 46 41 953 1 299 1 174 1 521 1 681 Orkney - - - - - - z z - z Shetland 67 37 27 82 58 z z z z z Tayside 42 41 46 37 41 108 164 192 334 366 Western Isles 100 40 83 - 67 z z z z z by council area Aberdeen City 65 66 71 80 75 299 262 460 619 393 Aberdeenshire 61 59 66 72 67 168 242 276 259 234 Angus 42 56 50 58 64 12 25 26 65 69 Argyll & Bute 70 46 56 49 50 44 97 82 98 70 Ayrshire East 58 58 66 64 66 356 384 322 197 201 Ayrshire North 43 41 61 53 51 399 574 514 381 376 Ayrshire South 59 62 72 72 79 206 252 189 126 170 Borders 83 51 53 51 38 47 47 36 53 60 Clackmannanshire 63 61 75 80 55 38 36 20 54 49 Dumfries & Galloway 80 77 86 76 73 194 224 225 153 133 Dunbartonshire East 47 62 33 53 36 101 76 57 66 44 Dunbartonshire West 57 52 60 55 50 219 197 228 214 204 Dundee City 33 29 28 26 33 58 72 88 198 248 Edinburgh City 37 38 43 47 47 615 870 689 967 1 030 Eilean Siar 100 40 83 - 67 z z z z z Falkirk 83 71 71 84 73 81 98 119 116 135 Fife 55 54 66 71 68 412 398 571 650 686 Glasgow City 58 59 60 57 47 2 208 2 168 2 129 1 747 1 428 Highland 56 61 60 57 47 77 109 124 154 208 Inverclyde 66 59 61 54 40 378 323 296 311 220 Lanarkshire North 56 58 65 61 60 251 298 164 198 524 Lanarkshire South 51 48 60 41 44 259 223 204 182 323 Lothian East 20 37 35 33 28 123 145 171 153 162 Lothian West 31 33 45 50 34 123 132 179 247 311 Midlothian 23 35 49 46 35 97 164 150 166 201 Moray 56 43 58 60 61 48 49 40 55 71 Orkney - - - - - - z z - z Perth & Kinross 55 50 65 47 47 38 68 78 72 51 Renfrewshire 35 30 36 42 33 366 320 305 286 387 Renfrewshire East 39 36 36 31 22 87 66 58 61 32 Shetland 67 37 27 82 58 z z z z z Stirling 80 70 79 86 66 71 63 66 70 65 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 cases with any mention of injecting reported. 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.