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Table A1.32: Route of use of heroin1: 2001/02 - 2005/06 percentage of individuals reporting use of heroin by route of use NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06 All Ages (Total) 8 182 7 984 8 035 8 209 7 910 Information available (=100%) 7 917 7 787 7 854 8 106 7 861   percentage Inject2 only 35 39 38 33 30 Inject2 and other route 17 20 20 18 18 No injecting 48 41 43 49 51 Under 20 (Total) 775 584 452 392 404 Information available (=100%) 743 563 436 386 401   percentage Inject2 only 24 31 32 31 28 Inject2 and other route 18 24 23 21 21 No injecting 58 45 45 47 51 20-24 years (Total) 2 391 2 273 2 062 1 920 1 732 Information available (=100%) 2 310 2 216 2 019 1 901 1 721   percentage Inject2 only 32 36 35 33 30 Inject2 and other route 18 22 22 19 21 No injecting 50 42 43 48 50 25-29 years (Total) 2 413 2 272 2 280 2 395 2 151 Information available (=100%) 2 339 2 230 2 225 2 356 2 137   percentage Inject2 only 36 41 37 34 31 Inject2 and other route 18 19 21 17 20 No injecting 45 40 42 48 49 30-34 years (Total) 1 507 1 592 1 719 1 757 1 763 Information available (=100%) 1 458 1 544 1 682 1 735 1 757   percentage Inject2 only 40 42 43 32 32 Inject2 and other route 16 18 16 19 18 No injecting 44 40 41 49 51 35-39 years (Total) 768 842 953 1 059 1 098 Information available (=100%) 746 822 934 1 048 1 087   percentage Inject2 only 43 42 42 36 29 Inject2 and other route 13 17 19 16 16 No injecting 44 41 39 48 55 40 years and over (Total) 328 421 569 686 762 Information available (=100%) 321 412 558 680 758   percentage Inject2 only 38 36 33 33 31 Inject2 and other route 13 15 16 15 13 No injecting 49 49 51 52 56 1 All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges. 2 Includes intra-venous, intra-muscular and skin popping. r Revised. || Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100%. See also supplementary information in Annex A1.1 Source: ISD Scotland (SMR24).