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Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2007

Table HB3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs involved and NHS Board area, 2007

NHS Board area

Heroin/ morphine 2

Methadone

Diazepam 3

Cocaine

Ecstasy

Temazepam 3

Alcohol

Scotland

289

114

79

47

11

4

157

Ayrshire & Arran

20

12

9

3

2

1

12

Borders

1

0

3

0

1

0

1

Dumfries & Galloway

6

2

2

0

0

0

5

Fife

19

2

7

0

2

0

5

Forth Valley

18

4

6

0

0

0

12

Grampian

34

8

5

11

1

1

22

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

109

47

14

24

2

2

46

Highland

12

4

1

2

2

0

8

Lanarkshire

32

11

3

3

0

0

18

Lothian

20

22

25

3

0

0

19

Orkney

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Shetland

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

Tayside

16

2

4

1

1

0

8

Western Isles

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1. Individual deaths often involved more than one of these drugs. The numbers given are mentions of each drug, and should not be added to give total deaths.
2. See paragraph 3.3.1 of commentary.
3. Each year there are also a small number of mentions of unspecified benzodiazepines.

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