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Table A1.19: Age when first started using illicit drugs1,2,3: year ending 31 March 2006 NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   Under 15 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40 years and over Information available (=100%) Information unavailable percentage numbers Scotland 41 40 9 5 2 1 1 11 775 2 016 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 41 41 9 5 2 1 1 1 160 218 Ayshire & Arran 31 45 12 7 4 1 1 849 389 Borders 42 40 10 4 1 1 3 133 86 Dumfries & Galloway 41 42 9 5 2 1 - 226 44 Fife 48 40 6 2 2 1 1 1 160 58 Forth Valley 42 39 10 4 3 1 0 429 89 Grampian 50 41 5 2 1 1 1 866 125 Greater Glasgow 39 37 11 5 3 2 1 2 610 210 Highland 48 37 7 3 2 2 1 351 183 Lanarkshire 33 40 14 8 3 1 1 756 152 Lothian 39 41 10 5 2 1 1 2 425 372 Orkney 60 - - 20 - - 20 z z Shetland 71 26 - 2 - - - 42 - Tayside 41 45 8 4 1 1 0 812 90 Western Isles 33 42 8 8 - 8 - z z by council area Aberdeen City 45 44 5 3 1 1 1 471 11 Aberdeenshire 56 36 6 1 0 1 0 314 105 Angus 43 44 9 3 - - - 144 11 Argyll & Bute 47 42 7 2 - 1 - 137 31 Ayrshire East 30 42 14 8 3 1 0 407 54 Ayrshire North 35 42 9 6 5 2 1 252 279 Ayrshire South 25 53 11 7 3 - 1 200 58 Borders 42 40 10 4 1 1 3 133 86 Clackmannanshire 40 36 13 4 4 1 2 83 11 Dumfries & Galloway 41 42 9 5 2 1 - 226 44 Dunbartonshire East 28 46 8 6 8 3 1 117 7 Dunbartonshire West 47 37 7 5 2 1 1 377 27 Dundee City 42 44 7 3 2 1 0 551 53 Edinburgh City 35 43 11 6 3 1 1 1 517 273 Eilean Siar 33 42 8 8 - 8 - z z Falkirk 45 35 10 5 3 2 - 213 56 Fife 48 40 6 2 2 1 1 1 160 58 Glasgow City 39 37 12 6 3 2 1 2 235 177 Highland 48 37 7 3 2 2 1 351 183 Inverclyde 41 43 8 4 3 0 1 454 10 Lanarkshire North 36 39 14 7 3 1 1 415 97 Lanarkshire South 32 40 13 9 4 1 1 446 67 Lothian East 40 42 9 6 1 0 1 217 23 Lothian West 48 37 7 4 2 1 1 517 64 Midlothian 49 34 7 6 3 1 1 196 14 Moray 52 42 2 1 1 - 1 83 9 Orkney 60 - - 20 - - 20 z z Perth & Kinross 31 50 14 4 - - 1 119 27 Renfrewshire 40 37 14 6 2 1 1 293 150 Renfrewshire East 28 47 13 4 6 1 1 72 15 Shetland 71 26 - 2 - - - 42 - Stirling 41 46 8 4 1 - - 136 23 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 Includes illicit drugs, volatile substances, inappropriate use of over the counter medicines. Exlcudes alcohol and tobacco. - (zero); 0 (>0.0 & <0.5) z Not shown where the number of new clients with information available < 40. 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).