Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2006	< Previous | Contents | Next >
Table A1.24: Time1,2 from onset of problem drug use until help was first sought3: 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 26 32 16 10 6 4 4 3 11 505 2 286 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 25 33 17 10 5 4 3 3 1 134 244 Ayrshire & Arran 27 32 15 10 5 3 3 4 931 307 Borders 19 29 12 15 10 4 8 3 122 97 Dumfries & Galloway 23 35 18 10 4 2 5 2 216 54 Fife 26 36 15 10 5 3 3 2 1 140 78 Forth Valley 23 34 17 8 7 4 3 3 418 100 Grampian 32 38 15 8 3 2 2 1 846 145 Greater Glasgow 21 27 17 11 8 5 5 5 2 544 276 Highland 23 32 18 11 6 4 5 1 311 223 Lanarkshire 27 36 14 11 5 3 2 3 722 186 Lothian 27 33 17 9 5 4 3 2 2 332 465 Orkney 40 40 - 20 - - - - z z Shetland 32 16 29 11 8 3 3 - z z Tayside 28 35 15 9 5 3 3 3 792 110 Western Isles 17 33 17 17 17 - - - z z by council area Aberdeen City 30 41 15 8 3 2 2 1 462 20 Aberdeenshire 33 37 16 7 3 1 2 1 308 111 Angus 22 40 16 8 5 4 3 2 139 16 Argyll & Bute 19 30 17 11 8 8 3 5 133 35 Ayrshire East 29 34 14 8 5 3 4 3 396 65 Ayrshire North 19 32 17 15 7 2 4 5 354 177 Ayrshire South 39 31 13 6 4 3 2 2 192 66 Borders 19 29 12 15 10 4 8 3 122 97 Clackmannanshire 23 36 11 13 9 1 4 4 80 14 Dumfries & Galloway 23 35 18 10 4 2 5 2 216 54 Dunbartonshire East 29 28 17 14 8 3 - 1 112 12 Dunbartonshire West 20 31 19 10 7 4 5 4 368 36 Dundee City 30 35 15 8 5 2 2 3 539 65 Edinburgh City 27 31 17 10 5 4 3 3 1 452 338 Eilean Siar 17 33 17 17 17 - - - z z Falkirk 26 32 17 7 7 5 2 4 209 60 Fife 26 36 15 10 5 3 3 2 1 140 78 Glasgow City 20 27 18 11 8 5 5 6 2 181 231 Highland 23 32 18 11 6 4 5 1 311 223 Inverclyde 27 33 17 10 4 4 4 2 452 12 Lanarkshire North 27 40 14 7 4 4 1 3 391 121 Lanarkshire South 28 30 14 14 5 3 3 3 435 78 Lothian East 26 38 16 9 4 5 1 2 215 25 Lothian West 26 34 16 8 5 4 5 2 495 86 Midlothian 30 39 15 7 4 3 2 1 192 18 Moray 41 24 17 6 4 - 5 3 78 14 Orkney 40 40 - 20 - - - - z z Perth & Kinross 27 28 16 10 5 5 4 4 116 30 Renfrewshire 26 35 16 6 6 4 3 3 279 164 Renfrewshire East 30 25 14 12 6 7 1 4 69 18 Shetland 32 16 29 11 8 3 3 - z z Stirling 17 39 22 7 7 4 4 1 132 27 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).