Table 2  Persons  dealt with (1)  for drug offences in Scotland
										Number and percentage of persons
Age group	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
					Number of males
Under 17	243	345	287	417	603	548	64	313	663	721
17 and under 21	2,280	2,145	1,319	2,092	2,968	2,651	218	1,022	2,216	2,323
21 and under 25	2,383	2,201	1,210	2,019	2,373	2,199	152	873	2,057	2,068
25 and under 30	1,970	1,776	956	1,690	2,194	2,226	157	756	1,696	1,820
30 and over	2,382	2,240	953	1,732	2,435	2,820	8,109	5,910	2,615	2,731
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All ages (2)	9,270	8,720	4,726	7,952	10,586	10,466	8,723	8,891	9,247	9,663
					Number of females
Under 17	20	41	23	49	57	54	9	32	54	56
17 and under 21	223	212	134	210	286	325	23	99	206	223
21 and under 25	297	266	179	259	369	387	30	103	277	281
25 and under 30	298	247	156	256	375	403	31	117	269	287
30 and over	400	361	193	302	450	526	1,172	762	447	505
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All ages (2)	1,239	1,128	685	1,077	1,539	1,698	1,266	1,113	1,253	1,352
					Number of persons
Under 17	263	386	310	466	660	602	73	345	717	777
17 and under 21	2,503	2,357	1,453	2,302	3,254	2,976	241	1,121	2,422	2,546
21 and under 25	2,680	2,467	1,389	2,278	2,742	2,586	182	976	2,334	2,349
25 and under 30	2,268	2,023	1,112	1,946	2,569	2,629	188	873	1,965	2,107
30 and over	2,782	2,601	1,146	2,034	2,885	3,346	9,281	6,672	3,062	3,236
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All ages (2)	10,509	9,848	5,411	9,029	12,125	12,164	9,989	10,004	10,500	11,015
					Percentage of persons
Under 17	3	4	6	5	5	5	1	3	7	7
17 and under 21	24	24	27	25	27	24	2	11	23	23
21 and under 25	26	25	26	25	23	21	2	10	22	21
25 and under 30	22	21	21	22	21	22	2	9	19	19
30 and over	26	26	21	23	24	28	93	67	29	29
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All ages	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
(1) Includes those found not guilty at court.
(2) Persons of unknown age have been included in the 'All ages' total only.