Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2006	< Previous | Contents | Next >
Table A1.22: Time1,2 from first used illicit drugs3 until onset of problem drug use: year ending 31 March 2006 NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   Less than 1 year 1 - 2 years 3 - 4 years 5 - 6 years 7 - 8 years 9 - 10 years 11-14 years 15 years and over Information available (=100%) Information unavailable percentage numbers Scotland 15 25 19 14 9 6 7 5 11 535 2 256 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 12 31 21 11 8 5 7 4 1 141 237 Ayrshire & Arran 18 23 19 13 6 6 6 8 837 401 Borders 13 21 20 14 9 12 5 6 127 92 Dumfries & Galloway 15 28 26 11 9 3 4 5 218 52 Fife 10 23 21 15 9 8 7 7 1 147 71 Forth Valley 12 22 19 15 10 8 7 8 419 99 Grampian 8 23 22 16 11 7 9 5 855 136 Greater Glasgow 16 25 18 14 9 6 6 4 2 574 246 Highland 17 25 20 9 4 7 10 8 321 213 Lanarkshire 19 30 14 13 7 5 6 6 730 178 Lothian 18 23 18 13 9 6 7 5 2 370 427 Orkney - 20 - 20 20 - - 40 z z Shetland 8 18 24 13 18 5 5 8 z z Tayside 14 28 20 15 7 5 6 4 801 101 Western Isles 17 17 42 8 8 - - 8 z z by council area Aberdeen City 9 24 22 15 10 8 8 4 467 15 Aberdeenshire 6 22 22 16 12 7 9 5 310 109 Angus 18 25 20 16 5 6 8 2 142 13 Argyll & Bute 11 29 21 16 8 5 5 5 133 35 Ayrshire East 15 25 20 14 7 5 7 7 405 56 Ayrshire North 26 18 17 11 6 7 6 9 246 285 Ayrshire South 16 26 19 14 4 7 5 8 196 62 Borders 13 21 20 14 9 12 5 6 127 92 Clackmannanshire 17 32 16 11 9 4 6 5 81 13 Dumfries & Galloway 15 28 26 11 9 3 4 5 218 52 Dunbartonshire East 20 25 15 11 5 10 10 3 116 8 Dunbartonshire West 11 24 23 12 9 6 8 7 369 35 Dundee City 11 29 20 16 8 4 6 5 543 61 Edinburgh City 21 26 18 12 7 5 7 4 1 482 308 Eilean Siar 17 17 42 8 8 - - 8 z z Falkirk 13 18 20 16 13 6 7 8 208 61 Fife 10 23 21 15 9 8 7 7 1 147 71 Glasgow City 16 26 19 14 10 5 6 4 2 207 205 Highland 17 25 20 9 4 7 10 8 321 213 Inverclyde 11 33 22 12 7 4 8 4 453 11 Lanarkshire North 20 30 14 12 7 5 6 6 396 116 Lanarkshire South 18 27 15 14 8 5 8 5 437 76 Lothian East 18 20 21 15 11 5 6 5 215 25 Lothian West 11 20 18 14 11 9 9 8 501 80 Midlothian 13 16 21 15 13 7 7 7 194 16 Moray 6 18 19 20 10 8 11 9 80 12 Orkney - 20 - 20 20 - - 40 z z Perth & Kinross 20 30 19 11 5 7 3 5 118 28 Renfrewshire 15 32 18 11 9 5 6 3 285 158 Renfrewshire East 16 33 13 4 12 12 9 1 69 18 Shetland 8 18 24 13 18 5 5 8 z z Stirling 9 23 20 15 6 12 7 8 133 26 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. Excludes 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).