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Table A1.14: Reports of heroin use1,2: 2001/02 - 2005/06 percentage of individuals reporting use of heroin ; NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06r 2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06r percentage Individuals reporting illicit drug use3 (=100%) Scotland 77 76 71 68 68 10 570 10 515 11 357 12 062 11 692 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 82 80 79 71 68 1 126 1 109 1 124 1 188 1 187 Ayrshire & Arran 76 72 67 72 65 1 870 1 636 1 242 1 103 954 Borders 43 47 41 34 49 110 77 133 185 200 Dumfries & Galloway 91 91 81 77 74 246 248 189 172 246 Fife 70 75 72 72 70 571 765 904 965 1088 Forth Valley 76 78 71 73 79 260 267 340 338 481 Grampian 88 86 85 84 82 631 900 1 097 847 829 Greater Glasgow 84 83 70 64 61 2 898 2 816 2 776 2 580 2 313 Highland 67 69 61 52 52 163 180 252 404 382 Lanarkshire 84 76 68 68 63 517 393 509 1 207 779 Lothian 70 66 67 66 68 1 874 1 795 2 293 2 583 2 401 Orkney z z - z z 6 3 16 8 5 Shetland 84 84 81 75 51 32 19 27 16 39 Tayside 51 53 66 73 82 321 364 506 509 827 Western Isles 63 60 z z z 8 10 3 21 17 by council area Aberdeen City 88 87 87 85 83 303 534 713 473 431 Aberdeenshire 90 87 80 81 82 270 317 324 300 312 Angus 60 65 68 77 83 42 40 97 93 138 Argyll & Bute 88 63 71 50 49 110 130 138 140 153 Ayrshire East 78 77 71 70 64 586 526 378 320 327 Ayrshire North 76 71 66 72 67 901 816 652 571 464 Ayrshire South 72 68 66 79 62 408 310 224 221 173 Borders 43 47 41 34 49 110 77 133 185 200 Clackmannanshire 72 55 73 75 81 50 38 75 65 89 Dumfries & Galloway 91 91 81 77 74 246 248 189 172 246 Dunbartonshire East 82 81 79 70 72 93 72 86 76 112 Dunbartonshire West 82 81 74 62 65 240 280 290 327 364 Dundee City 41 42 65 71 83 176 210 308 349 570 Edinburgh City 68 63 65 65 68 1 297 1 110 1 489 1 599 1 506 Eilean Siar 63 60 z z z 8 10 3 21 17 Falkirk 83 84 76 74 80 119 144 156 183 246 Fife 70 75 72 72 70 571 765 904 965 1 088 Glasgow City 84 83 70 65 61 2 591 2 560 2 508 2 266 1 957 Highland 67 69 61 52 52 163 180 252 404 382 Inverclyde 87 86 82 71 69 373 346 377 312 373 Lanarkshire North 84 75 69 69 60 355 219 309 791 433 Lanarkshire South 82 77 64 65 65 273 264 286 512 442 Lothian East 79 79 77 69 71 186 220 200 243 206 Lothian West 65 63 61 65 66 206 286 407 488 517 Midlothian 83 76 78 72 71 199 198 213 281 189 Moray 79 74 86 90 75 62 54 64 80 87 Orkney z z - z z 6 3 16 8 5 Perth & Kinross 65 68 71 83 80 104 114 102 69 122 Renfrewshire 77 82 82 77 72 424 376 347 513 391 Renfrewshire East 76 67 74 61 65 87 87 82 54 72 Shetland 84 84 81 75 51 32 19 27 16 39 Stirling 69 78 63 70 76 91 85 112 93 150 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 At least one drug has been reported in the illicit drug profile. - (zero); 0 (>0.0 & <0.5) z Not shown where the number of new clients < 40 and the number reporting heroin use < 5. Caution is advised in interpreting differences in percentages across years due to small numbers. r Revised. See also supplementary information in Annex A1.1 Source: ISD Scotland (SMR24).