Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2005	< Previous | Contents | Next >
B1.36 Current sharing of spoons/water/filters/solutions1,2,3 : 2002/03 - 2004/05 individuals reported to have injected in the past month; NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2002/03r  2003/04r  2004/05 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05 Information available (=100%) percentage number Scotland 48 49 47 3 168 3 246 2 986 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 48 40 39 366 355 261 Ayrshire & Arran 22 22 40 185 85 173 Borders 53 70 25 15 20 12 Dumfries & Galloway 48 38 39 162 96 83 Fife 51 55 46 287 385 404 Forth Valley 54 48 46 125 115 111 Grampian 60 61 58 390 507 357 Greater Glasgow 45 47 45 1 071 888 632 Highland 55 56 42 60 61 81 Lanarkshire 66 58 67 111 114 224 Lothian 49 46 44 354 536 542 Orkney - - - - - - Shetland 25 64 40 z z z Tayside 53 39 32 66 95 124 Western Isles 50 - - z - - by council area Aberdeen City 66 62 57 233 343 217 Aberdeenshire 48 57 59 141 144 108 Angus 63 22 31 8 27 36 Argyll & Bute 63 46 52 40 37 27 Ayrshire East 24 25 54 37 20 81 Ayrshire North 14 16 21 98 43 58 Ayrshire South 33 29 40 51 24 35 Borders 53 70 25 15 20 12 Clackmannanshire 67 38 40 12 21 15 Dumfries & Galloway 48 38 39 162 96 83 Dunbartonshire East 27 58 83 11 24 12 Dunbartonshire West 42 42 52 110 110 79 Dundee City 37 45 29 19 44 68 Edinburgh City 53 47 42 201 350 368 Eilean Siar 50 - - z - - Falkirk 50 43 44 70 56 70 Fife 51 55 46 287 385 404 Glasgow City 45 47 44 1 006 815 580 Highland 55 56 42 60 61 81 Inverclyde 49 39 37 149 136 71 Lanarkshire North 62 49 67 61 86 150 Lanarkshire South 58 61 61 79 49 92 Lothian East 49 42 33 37 38 40 Lothian West 53 44 57 70 96 82 Midlothian 32 49 42 50 61 60 Moray 79 59 60 19 22 35 Orkney - - - - - - Perth & Kinross 59 46 45 39 24 20 Renfrewshire 45 45 32 84 92 102 Renfrewshire East 46 38 33 13 13 6 Shetland 25 64 40 z z z Stirling 58 62 50 43 39 28 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 This question was introduced on the SMR24 form in April 2001. 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.