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Table A1.21: Age when help first sought1,2,3: 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 2 22 31 22 12 6 5 11 709 2 082 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 1 25 32 22 11 5 4 1 147 231 Ayrshire & Arran 2 19 29 23 13 8 6 963 275 Borders 1 17 31 20 16 10 6 126 93 Dumfries & Galloway 1 29 36 12 11 7 4 223 47 Fife 5 24 30 20 10 7 4 1 152 66 Forth Valley 3 19 29 22 12 7 7 428 90 Grampian 2 32 33 19 7 4 3 855 136 Greater Glasgow 1 16 30 24 15 7 7 2 571 249 Highland 8 25 23 20 12 7 6 327 207 Lanarkshire 3 21 25 26 12 6 6 729 179 Lothian 2 21 32 22 13 6 4 2 381 416 Orkney - - 40 - 20 - 40 z z Shetland 2 43 29 12 5 2 7 42 - Tayside 1 27 35 20 9 4 3 808 94 Western Isles - 25 33 25 - 8 8 z z by council area Aberdeen City 2 32 33 18 8 4 3 466 16 Aberdeenshire 2 32 36 19 5 4 3 311 108 Angus 2 28 35 23 9 3 1 141 14 Argyll & Bute - 26 32 20 10 5 7 136 32 Ayrshire East 2 17 27 28 12 8 6 400 61 Ayrshire North 1 19 30 20 17 8 5 379 152 Ayrshire South 2 25 33 18 10 6 6 195 63 Borders 1 17 31 20 16 10 6 126 93 Clackmannanshire - 22 30 23 11 2 11 82 12 Dumfries & Galloway 1 29 36 12 11 7 4 223 47 Dunbartonshire East - 15 32 25 13 9 6 114 10 Dunbartonshire West 1 21 30 24 13 3 7 374 30 Dundee City 1 28 35 18 8 5 4 548 56 Edinburgh City 1 23 31 21 14 6 4 1 485 305 Eilean Siar - 25 33 25 - 8 8 z z Falkirk 4 19 28 21 13 9 7 214 55 Fife 5 24 30 20 10 7 4 1 152 66 Glasgow City 1 16 30 25 15 7 7 2 201 211 Highland 8 25 23 20 12 7 6 327 207 Inverclyde 2 28 31 19 12 5 3 453 11 Lanarkshire North 6 22 26 23 13 5 6 395 117 Lanarkshire South 0 19 27 29 12 7 6 438 75 Lothian East 0 24 39 20 9 4 3 216 24 Lothian West 4 16 32 23 14 7 5 507 74 Midlothian 2 23 33 24 11 4 3 195 15 Moray - 31 26 19 13 8 4 80 12 Orkney - - 40 - 20 - 40 z z Perth & Kinross 1 22 36 21 9 6 5 121 25 Renfrewshire 2 22 35 26 7 5 3 286 157 Renfrewshire East - 20 37 16 14 9 4 70 17 Shetland 2 43 29 12 5 2 7 42 - Stirling 4 21 31 24 10 7 4 135 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. 3 Includes professional help/advice for their drug misuse problem. - (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).