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Table A1.15: Reports of heroin use1,2 , people under the age of 25: 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 78 75 67 62 62 4 077 3 810 3 774 3 752 3 464 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 78 78 73 59 56 488 426 385 377 331 Ayrshire & Arran 80 77 67 74 64 741 597 372 323 205 Borders 40 42 25 21 38 55 31 63 90 61 Dumfries & Galloway 92 84 69 71 66 100 114 81 87 94 Fife 62 73 64 58 58 298 320 384 383 393 Forth Valley 70 68 48 60 64 125 109 125 113 154 Grampian 91 85 83 79 80 317 433 422 281 269 Greater Glasgow 86 82 63 55 52 736 657 572 492 430 Highland 63 62 44 34 36 54 68 94 180 183 Lanarkshire 84 76 57 52 45 218 155 204 390 247 Lothian 77 69 69 69 69 782 728 856 814 747 Orkney - - - - - z z 8 z z Shetland 86 75 80 z 28 7 8 10 z 18 Tayside 46 49 72 76 84 170 177 213 226 345 Western Isles z z z z z z 8 z 10 6 by council area Aberdeen City 91 88 87 80 87 131 250 247 150 124 Aberdeenshire 92 82 78 78 76 158 165 155 113 121 Angus 55 75 80 81 79 22 20 44 43 58 Argyll & Bute 91 71 67 37 42 45 55 63 38 48 Ayrshire East 83 81 76 76 69 243 204 113 94 61 Ayrshire North 80 78 63 72 63 364 303 190 178 112 Ayrshire South 76 67 65 79 61 146 96 72 56 33 Borders 40 42 25 21 38 55 31 63 90 61 Clackmannanshire 71 64 60 88 79 21 14 15 16 33 Dumfries & Galloway 92 84 69 71 66 100 114 81 87 94 Dunbartonshire East 91 89 54 71 40 33 27 28 24 20 Dunbartonshire West 78 81 56 48 55 86 103 93 111 91 Dundee City 41 35 74 74 85 98 96 122 159 243 Edinburgh City 77 67 70 69 70 494 408 455 450 441 Eilean Siar z 63 z z z z 8 z 10 6 Falkirk 81 74 55 62 65 58 53 60 61 80 Fife 62 73 64 58 58 298 320 384 383 393 Glasgow City 87 83 65 57 53 643 576 501 399 351 Highland 63 62 44 34 36 54 68 94 180 183 Inverclyde 83 80 81 59 61 149 127 104 85 77 Lanarkshire North 86 81 63 48 32 147 81 117 243 145 Lanarkshire South 84 74 50 57 61 105 99 108 169 121 Lothian East 80 80 78 73 74 97 108 107 84 93 Lothian West 67 63 53 62 60 97 133 191 183 144 Midlothian 82 75 81 75 70 98 89 108 106 76 Moray 81 71 71 85 60 31 21 21 20 25 Orkney - - - - - z z 8 z z Perth & Kinross 54 61 63 84 83 50 61 48 25 46 Renfrewshire 69 76 77 64 57 207 147 133 177 134 Renfrewshire East 82 69 75 60 65 28 29 20 15 23 Shetland 86 75 80 z 28 7 8 10 z 18 Stirling 54 62 36 44 52 46 42 50 36 44 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 or where number of clients of all ages reporting illicit drugs use is <40 and number of under 25's reporting illicit drug use is <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: Scottish Drug Misuse Database.