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Table A1.20: Age at onset of problem drug use1,2: 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 7 39 27 14 7 3 2 11 705 2 086 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 7 44 25 14 6 2 2 1 145 233 Ayrshire & Arran 6 34 27 17 9 4 3 954 284 Borders 8 36 28 13 8 2 4 127 92 Dumfries & Galloway 7 48 24 12 5 4 1 227 43 Fife 10 40 25 12 7 4 2 1 150 68 Forth Valley 9 34 29 13 7 5 3 423 95 Grampian 6 45 28 13 4 2 2 857 134 Greater Glasgow 6 37 29 15 8 3 2 2 579 241 Highland 16 36 19 14 8 7 2 322 212 Lanarkshire 8 32 28 18 8 3 3 734 174 Lothian 6 40 25 15 8 3 2 2 387 410 Orkney - 20 20 20 - - 40 z z Shetland 13 47 24 5 3 8 - z z Tayside 6 46 29 11 5 2 1 805 97 Western Isles 8 42 25 8 8 - 8 z z by council area Aberdeen City 6 45 26 13 4 2 2 467 15 Aberdeenshire 6 44 31 12 4 2 2 311 108 Angus 8 47 25 15 3 1 - 142 13 Argyll & Bute 8 49 22 13 4 2 1 136 32 Ayrshire East 3 31 31 17 10 4 3 406 55 Ayrshire North 10 35 23 17 8 5 3 362 169 Ayrshire South 5 37 28 17 8 2 5 197 61 Borders 8 36 28 13 8 2 4 127 92 Clackmannanshire 6 40 30 11 5 2 6 81 13 Dumfries & Galloway 7 48 24 12 5 4 1 227 43 Dunbartonshire East 5 27 32 19 9 5 3 116 8 Dunbartonshire West 8 42 22 15 7 2 4 370 34 Dundee City 5 45 30 10 5 3 1 547 57 Edinburgh City 6 42 24 15 7 3 2 1 494 296 Eilean Siar 8 42 25 8 8 - 8 z z Falkirk 10 31 28 13 9 6 3 210 59 Fife 10 40 25 12 7 4 2 1 150 68 Glasgow City 6 38 28 15 7 3 2 2 211 201 Highland 16 36 19 14 8 7 2 322 212 Inverclyde 6 48 24 13 7 1 1 453 11 Lanarkshire North 13 28 29 17 8 3 3 398 114 Lanarkshire South 4 33 30 18 10 4 3 440 73 Lothian East 4 46 23 17 6 2 2 216 24 Lothian West 8 33 28 15 9 4 2 505 76 Midlothian 5 38 28 16 8 4 2 194 16 Moray 4 43 25 19 5 4 1 81 11 Orkney - 20 20 20 - - 40 z z Perth & Kinross 5 47 31 8 6 1 3 118 28 Renfrewshire 5 41 31 15 4 2 2 285 158 Renfrewshire East 10 30 30 12 10 6 1 69 18 Shetland 13 47 24 5 3 8 - z z Stirling 10 34 29 15 7 4 2 135 24 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. - (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).