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Table A1.27: Injecting1: 2001/02 - 2005/06 percentage of individuals by injecting status and age group NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06 All ages (Total) 11 685 11 716 13 232 14 998 13 791 Information available (=100%) 10 484 10 651 11 979 13 308 12 991   percentage Injecting in previous month 38 41 37 30 29 Injected in past - but not in previous month 21 23 26 29 28 Has never injected 41 36 37 41 43 Under 20 (Total) 1 275 1 113 1 201 1 280 1 211 Information available (=100%) 1 135 1 006 1 101 1 181 1 164   percentage Injecting in previous month 25 29 21 16 16 Injected in past - but not in previous month 9 10 7 5 5 Has never injected 66 62 72 79 79 20 - 24 years (Total) 3 052 3 013 2 917 2 983 2 600 Information available (=100%) 2 729 2 723 2 663 2 701 2 451   percentage Injecting in previous month 40 45 41 35 35 Injected in past - but not in previous month 18 21 23 25 22 Has never injected 42 34 36 40 44 25 - 29 years (Total) 3 231 3 177 3 442 3 787 3 390 Information available (=100%) 2 892 2 933 3 118 3 411 3 187   percentage Injecting in previous month 42 44 40 34 34 Injected in past - but not in previous month 21 24 27 31 31 Has never injected 37 32 33 35 35 30 - 34 years (Total) 2 234 2 364 2 760 3 123 2 987 Information available (=100%) 2 028 2 144 2 535 2 808 2 813   percentage Injecting in previous month 40 42 39 31 31 Injected in past - but not in previous month 26 27 30 33 34 Has never injected 34 31 31 36 35 35 - 39 years (Total) 1 215 1 303 1 706 2 092 1 941 Information available (=100%) 1 091 1 185 1 554 1 853 1 823   percentage Injecting in previous month 37 39 35 28 27 Injected in past - but not in previous month 28 27 34 36 35 Has never injected 34 33 31 36 38 40 years and over (Total) 678 746 1 206 1 733 1 662 Information available (=100%) 609 660 1 008 1 354 1 553   percentage Injecting in previous month 27 31 27 23 21 Injected in past - but not in previous month 26 27 31 31 30 Has never injected 47 42 42 46 48 1 All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges. r Revised. || Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100%. See also supplementary information in Annex A1.1 Source: ISD Scotland (SMR24).