Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2007

NHS Board area	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Annual averages		Population in 2005	2003-2007
NHS Board area	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	1996 to 2000	2003 to 2007	Population in 2005	average deaths per 1,000 pop'n
Scotland	244	224	249	291	292	332	382	317	356	336	421	455	260	377	5,094,800	0.07
Ayrshire & Arran	3	6	4	15	20	35	33	19	20	15	25	36	10	23	367,010	0.06
Borders	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	7	2	4	1	3	109,730	0.03
Dumfries & Galloway	4	7	4	7	7	8	9	9	7	7	5	10	6	8	148,340	0.05
Fife	3	8	13	9	12	11	12	12	17	21	19	28	9	19	356,664	0.05
Forth Valley	0	4	2	8	4	9	24	12	16	14	24	26	4	18	284,379	0.06
Grampian	29	22	26	38	31	46	47	37	39	23	47	45	29	38	525,930	0.07
Greater Glasgow & Clyde ¹	107	83	115	129	132	117	152	131	151	111	162	157	113	142	1,190,939	0.12
Highland ¹	3	3	2	8	4	6	13	10	12	13	12	16	4	13	304,460	0.04
Lanarkshire	11	12	21	23	29	24	37	25	33	40	40	48	19	37	557,088	0.07
Lothian	58	48	37	39	37	54	39	40	36	57	46	54	44	47	792,593	0.06
Orkney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19,590	0.01
Shetland	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	22,000	0.05
Tayside	24	30	23	14	14	19	14	19	23	26	35	29	21	26	389,707	0.07
Western Isles	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	26,370	0.02
Argyll & Clyde ²	18	16	23	30	31	22	31	27	35	29	36	..	..	..	..	..
Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.	17	16	22	29	28	21	26	24	31	26	35	..	..	..	..	..
Highland pt.	1	0	1	1	3	1	5	3	4	3	1	..	..	..	..	..
Greater Glasgow ²	90	67	93	100	104	96	126	107	120	85	127	..	..	..	..	..
Highland ²	2	3	1	7	1	5	8	7	8	10	11	..	..	..	..	..

1. New NHS Board areas including parts of former Argyll & Clyde.
2. Former NHS Board areas (before dissolution of Argyll & Clyde on 1 April 2006).