Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2006

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Table A1.29: Age when first injected¹: 2001/02 - 2005/06
percentage of individuals reported to have injected in past month by age first injected
NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS

2001/02^r

2002/03^r

2003/04^r

2004/05^r

2005/06

New individual patients/clients

3 950

4 393

4 374

4 006

3 799

Information available (=100%)

3 602

4 080

4 057

3 655

3 513

percentage

Under 15 years

3

3

3

3

2

15-19 years

37

37

36

37

35

20-24 years

32

32

32

30

31

25-29 years

18

16

18

18

19

30-34 years

7

8

8

8

8

35-39 years

3

2

3

3

3

40 years and over

1

1

1

1

2

Median age

21

21

21

21

21

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).