Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 1998

Key points

1. Scottish Drug Misuse Information Strategy

2. Scottish Drug Misuse Database

About the Scottish Drug Misuse Database

Understanding the data

Comparisons with previous

Bulletins

Acknowledgements

Contacts

Data from the Scottish Drug Misuse Database

Summary

New attendances at different services

Age and sex characteristics

Contact information

Social information

Type of Drug Misused

Injecting and sharing behaviour

Tables from the Scottish Drug Misuse Database

Annexes

Definitions

List of contributing services

Specimen forms medical (SMR22) and non­medical (SMR23)

Understanding the data

3. Regional Drug Misuse Databases

4. Hospital Inpatient Statistics

5. Information from General Practice (CMR)

6. Hepatitis B Infection, HIV Infection and AIDS

7. Prescription Statistics

8. Seizures of Controlled Drugs

9. Drugs-related Offences Recorded and Court Procedings

10. Drug-related Deaths in Scotland 1997

11. Drugs Education and the Management of Drug Misuse in Scottish Schools

Contact Names for Data Sources