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Table A1.38: Sharing spoons/water/filters/solutions1,2: 2001/02 - 2005/0 individuals reported to have injected in the past month by sharing status and age group NEW INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS/CLIENTS   2001/02r 2002/03r 2003/04r 2004/05r 2005/06 All ages (Total) 3 950 4 393 4 374 4 006 3 799 Information available (=100%) 2 722 3 168 3 246 3 028 2 911   percentage Shared in previous month 50 48 49 47 42 Shared in past (but not in previous month) 21 23 22 23 22 Never shared 29 29 29 30 36 Under 20 (Total) 283 289 227 188 188 Information available (=100%) 177 201 169 146 143   percentage Shared in previous month 59 64 66 60 51 Shared in past (but not in previous month) 12 12 11 13 14 Never shared 29 24 23 27 35 20 - 24 years (Total) 1 081 1 235 1 097 957 850 Information available (=100%) 759 893 831 730 661   percentage Shared in previous month 55 54 55 48 45 Shared in past (but not in previous month) 19 18 18 22 18 Never shared 25 28 28 30 37 25 - 29 years (Total) 1 211 1 291 1 246 1 165 1 069 Information available (=100%) 835 923 931 866 812   percentage Shared in previous month 48 45 47 47 45 Shared in past (but not in previous month) 20 24 21 23 22 Never shared 32 32 32 30 33 30 - 34 years (Total) 807 903 983 857 863 Information available (=100%) 562 647 714 652 660   percentage Shared in previous month 48 46 46 43 36 Shared in past (but not in previous month) 24 29 25 25 24 Never shared 28 25 28 32 39 35 - 39 years (Total) 406 468 550 524 498 Information available (=100%) 283 343 401 401 376   percentage Shared in previous month 45 40 43 47 38 Shared in past (but not in previous month) 27 27 28 26 24 Never shared 29 33 29 27 38 40 years and over (Total) 162 207 271 315 331 Information available (=100%) 106 161 200 233 259   percentage Shared in previous month 39 45 43 42 38 Shared in past (but not in previous month) 34 25 31 27 25 Never shared 27 30 27 31 37 1 All figures in this table exclude penal establishment inmates and information received from needle exchanges. 2 This question was introduced on the SMR24 form in April 2001. r Revised. || Due to rounding percentages may not add up to 100%. See also supplementary information in Annex A1.1 Source: ISD Scotland (SMR24).