Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005	< Previous | Contents | Next >
B1.33 Current sharing of needles/syringes1,2: 2000/01 - 2004/05 individuals reported to have injected in the past month; NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2000/013,r 2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2000/013,r 2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r percentage Information available (=100%) Scotland 34 35 33 34 31 3 137 2 920 3 330 3 233 2 892 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 34 40 37 32 30 349 300 364 344 255 Ayrshire & Arran 31 25 22 22 27 415 391 449 210 241 Borders 65 55 56 70 18 37 20 16 20 11 Dumfries & Galloway 34 41 29 19 22 112 117 153 90 79 Fife 28 32 27 32 29 194 164 278 363 382 Forth Valley 43 28 45 45 42 131 97 123 110 113 Grampian 48 48 39 41 35 277 220 345 453 302 Greater Glasgow 30 36 32 36 36 1 162 1 070 1 070 883 622 Highland 49 37 26 42 28 41 43 46 59 76 Lanarkshire 48 51 55 43 47 182 149 108 104 189 Lothian 32 29 32 30 24 229 327 340 516 520 Orkney - - - - - - - - - - Shetland - 40 25 46 - z z z z z Tayside 23 49 46 30 22 39 45 63 93 121 Western Isles 100 - 50 - - z - z - - by council area Aberdeen City 46 39 45 43 33 165 117 202 305 182 Aberdeenshire 52 57 29 36 37 91 96 132 132 95 Angus - 38 33 21 21 5 8 6 28 33 Argyll & Bute 55 48 58 44 38 22 31 38 36 26 Ayrshire East 35 26 19 18 42 172 129 125 56 79 Ayrshire North 34 26 21 25 18 144 154 233 126 104 Ayrshire South 22 21 24 19 25 107 119 98 32 59 Borders 65 55 56 70 18 37 20 16 20 11 Clackmannanshire 43 27 36 41 38 23 15 11 22 16 Dumfries & Galloway 34 41 29 19 22 112 117 153 90 79 Dunbartonshire East 32 72 20 35 73 41 29 10 20 11 Dunbartonshire West 27 35 26 27 39 100 75 108 108 76 Dundee City 33 50 33 29 19 21 10 21 41 68 Edinburgh City 31 29 39 32 24 167 241 194 338 356 Eilean Siar 100 - 50 - - z - z - - Falkirk 40 33 44 49 39 60 51 73 57 70 Fife 28 32 27 32 29 194 164 278 363 382 Glasgow City 30 34 32 36 36 1 043 986 1 007 816 572 Highland 49 37 26 42 28 41 43 46 59 76 Inverclyde 40 43 35 34 32 176 152 151 135 73 Lanarkshire North 45 48 49 37 43 120 121 63 82 128 Lanarkshire South 42 55 53 42 47 108 56 75 43 78 Lothian East 50 41 17 29 22 16 32 35 38 37 Lothian West 28 24 34 32 31 32 25 67 91 75 Midlothian 38 24 13 17 25 16 33 48 58 60 Moray 41 56 50 44 46 22 9 14 18 28 Orkney - - - - - - - - - - Perth & Kinross 15 52 56 42 35 13 27 36 24 20 Renfrewshire 27 35 39 31 23 66 52 84 83 98 Renfrewshire East 14 37 25 23 17 29 19 12 13 6 Shetland - 40 25 46 - z z z z z Stirling 47 19 49 44 48 49 31 39 32 29 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 Refers to sharing ‘injecting equipment’ for year 2000/01 and sharing needles/syringes for 2001/02 to 2004/05. 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.