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Table A1.31: Injecting heroin use1,2,3 2001/02 - 2005/06 percentage of individuals reporting use of heroin by injecting; NHS board and council area of residence NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06r 2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06r Information available (=100%) percentage numbers Scotland 52 59 57 51 49 7 917 7 787 7 854 8 106 7 861 by NHS board Argyll & Clyde 45 51 48 40 38 921 888 891 836 798 Ayrshire & Arran 50 64 60 61 56 1 189 1 013 693 743 595 Borders 51 53 51 40 28 47 z 53 62 97 Dumfries & Galloway 77 86 76 73 70 224 225 153 133 182 Fife 54 66 71 69 65 398 571 650 693 762 Forth Valley 69 74 84 68 67 197 205 237 246 378 Grampian 61 69 77 71 68 550 772 929 710 677 Greater Glasgow 59 59 56 46 39 2 410 2 320 1 930 1 645 1 415 Highland 61 60 57 48 51 109 124 154 208 192 Lanarkshire 53 62 52 55 53 431 299 329 794 489 Lothian 37 43 46 41 40 1 299 1 173 1 521 1 703 1 621 Orkney - - - - 50 z z - z z Shetland 37 27 82 58 70 z z z z z Tayside 41 46 37 41 43 164 192 334 374 681 Western Isles 40 83 - 67 25 z z z z z by council area Aberdeen City 66 71 80 75 71 262 460 619 401 357 Aberdeenshire 59 66 72 67 64 242 276 259 243 256 Angus 56 50 58 63 67 z z 65 72 115 Argyll & Bute 46 56 49 51 51 97 82 98 70 75 Ayrshire East 58 66 64 65 61 384 322 197 202 208 Ayrshire North 41 61 53 51 47 574 514 381 379 287 Ayrshire South 62 72 72 79 69 252 189 126 170 108 Borders 51 53 51 40 28 47 z 53 62 97 Clackmannanshire 61 75 80 55 69 z z 54 49 72 Dumfries & Galloway 77 86 76 73 70 224 225 153 133 182 Dunbartonshire East 62 33 53 35 32 76 57 66 52 81 Dunbartonshire West 52 60 55 50 44 197 228 214 204 236 Dundee City 29 28 26 33 36 72 88 198 247 472 Edinburgh City 38 43 47 47 44 870 688 967 1 043 1 014 Eilean Siar 40 83 - 67 25 z z z z z Falkirk 71 71 84 73 66 98 119 116 135 196 Fife 54 66 71 69 65 398 571 650 693 762 Glasgow City 59 60 57 47 39 2 168 2 129 1 747 1 457 1 197 Highland 61 60 57 48 51 109 124 154 208 192 Inverclyde 59 61 54 41 36 323 296 310 221 257 Lanarkshire North 58 65 61 60 54 298 164 198 527 261 Lanarkshire South 48 60 41 44 49 223 204 182 328 287 Lothian East 37 35 33 28 23 145 171 153 166 146 Lothian West 33 45 50 34 34 132 179 247 316 340 Midlothian 35 49 46 35 41 164 150 166 202 134 Moray 43 58 60 61 65 49 40 55 72 65 Orkney - - - - 50 z z - z z Perth & Kinross 50 65 47 49 49 68 78 72 57 97 Renfrewshire 30 36 42 33 35 320 305 286 393 278 Renfrewshire East 36 36 31 21 28 66 58 61 z 47 Shetland 37 27 82 58 70 z z z z z Stirling 70 79 86 66 69 63 66 70 65 114 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 cases with any mention of injecting reported. - (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. r Revised. See also supplementary information in Annex A1.1 Source: ISD Scotland (SMR24).