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Table A1.10: Seeking prescription1,2: 2001/02 - 2005/06 NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06 2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06 percentage numbers Scotland3 34 40 38 39 39 11 685 11 716 13 232 14 998 13 791 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 43 49 49 43 39 1 223 1 217 1 253 1 408 1 378 Ayrshire & Arran3 10 15 10 17 11 1 878 1 654 1 302 1 298 1 238 Borders 17 26 22 13 17 118 82 142 198 219 Dumfries & Galloway 62 72 67 54 38 254 258 203 194 270 Fife 36 47 47 48 53 617 821 996 1 040 1 218 Forth Valley 24 45 44 41 52 294 312 398 378 518 Grampian 30 37 37 33 40 698 995 1 186 1 031 991 Greater Glasgow 38 45 39 39 42 3 397 3 284 3 520 3 244 2 820 Highland 35 34 22 16 27 176 190 465 950 534 Lanarkshire 46 44 40 51 39 565 420 579 1 623 908 Lothian 42 43 43 48 44 2 150 2 122 2 667 3 123 2 797 Orkney z - z z z 6 3 16 11 5 Shetland 69 30 57 59 40 32 20 28 17 42 Tayside 32 38 41 37 42 346 411 541 556 902 Western Isles 63 54 z z z 8 13 5 22 18 by council area Aberdeen City 28 38 36 34 38 343 600 761 528 482 Aberdeenshire 28 31 32 24 37 293 344 361 425 419 Angus 42 38 47 44 50 48 53 104 104 155 Argyll & Bute 44 27 42 26 24 123 155 161 184 168 Ayrshire East3 9 10 8 32 10 590 527 394 373 461 Ayrshire North3 10 16 12 11 11 905 831 677 646 531 Ayrshire South3 15 19 8 9 14 408 312 243 288 258 Borders 17 26 22 13 17 118 82 142 198 219 Clackmannanshire 28 27 36 32 50 58 45 91 74 94 Dumfries & Galloway 62 72 67 54 38 254 258 203 194 270 Dunbartonshire East 11 35 37 38 35 100 85 101 90 124 Dunbartonshire West 45 52 39 27 31 262 308 338 384 404 Dundee City 30 37 40 35 42 189 235 332 378 604 Edinburgh City 41 42 42 46 44 1 511 1 368 1 785 1 995 1 790 Eilean Siar 63 54 z z z 8 13 5 22 18 Falkirk 27 52 53 44 53 135 166 184 205 269 Fife 36 47 47 48 53 617 821 996 1 040 1 218 Glasgow City 39 46 40 41 43 3 059 2 984 3 193 2 844 2 412 Highland 35 34 22 16 27 176 190 465 950 534 Inverclyde 47 47 52 40 36 407 377 414 380 464 Lanarkshire North 47 44 38 52 38 396 234 360 1 065 512 Lanarkshire South 39 41 40 46 41 300 296 333 694 513 Lothian East 45 45 60 65 55 205 249 215 299 240 Lothian West 44 38 34 37 39 233 316 443 549 581 Midlothian 36 53 55 56 48 218 214 243 313 210 Moray 52 57 70 72 62 67 56 69 86 92 Orkney z - z z z 6 3 16 11 5 Perth & Kinross 32 41 38 36 39 110 123 106 77 146 Renfrewshire 36 52 51 54 47 456 413 380 588 443 Renfrewshire East 47 49 46 42 51 90 89 92 64 87 Shetland 69 30 57 59 40 32 20 28 17 42 Stirling 18 41 37 44 53 101 101 127 103 159 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 Information on seeking prescription is not currently collected by the local Ayrshire database. - (zero); 0 (>0.0 & <0.5) z Not shown where the number of new clients < 40 and the number seeking a prescription < 5. Caution is advised in interpreting differences in percentages across years due to small numbers. || Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100%. See also supplementary information in Annex A1.1 Source: ISD Scotland (SMR24).