Table C3: Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported¹ and Council area, 2015

Council area	All drug-related deaths	Heroin/morphine2	Methadone	Heroin/morphine, methadone or buprenorphine	Codeine or a codeine-containing compound	Dihydrocodeine or a d.h.c-containing compound	Any opiate or opioid	Benzodiazepines		Cocaine	Ecstasy-type	Amphetamines	Alcohol
								Any benzo-diazepine	Diazepam
Footnotes: More than one drug may be reported per death. These are mentions of each drug, and should not be added to give total deaths. Up to 2007, some pathologists reported only those drugs which they thought caused, or contributed to, the death. With effect from 2008, pathologists report separately (a) drugs which were implicated in, or which potentially contributed to, the cause of death and (b) other drugs which were present but which were not considered to have had any direct contribution to the death. The figures in this table are on the first basis - i.e. basis (a) which is now the standard basis for the figures for individual drugs. They are on a different basis from those published in Table C3 of 'Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2009' and earlier editions. There may be other differences between years and/or areas in the way in which the information was produced - more information can be found in Section 2 of the commentary. More information can be found in paragraph 3.3.1 of the commentary.
Scotland	706	345	251	493	31	94	606	191	128	93	15	17	107
Aberdeen City	45	18	21	31	2	7	40	30	21	12	2	0	5
Aberdeenshire	14	6	7	9	0	3	12	8	4	3	0	0	3
Angus	17	12	7	13	2	2	14	10	10	1	1	0	4
Argyll & Bute	11	7	1	8	2	1	10	2	1	1	0	0	3
Clackmannanshire	7	6	3	6	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	1	1
Dumfries & Galloway	11	6	2	7	0	1	8	0	0	0	2	0	2
Dundee City	36	25	13	30	3	4	35	22	15	1	0	0	6
East Ayrshire	14	9	5	13	0	0	14	6	0	4	0	0	4
East Dunbartonshire	9	4	3	7	1	2	8	3	2	3	1	0	0
East Lothian	10	4	3	6	0	2	9	2	2	2	1	0	0
East Renfrewshire	8	3	4	5	1	3	8	1	1	1	0	0	0
Edinburgh, City of	69	20	32	46	3	15	60	11	10	3	1	1	5
Eilean Siar	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	14	7	5	9	0	2	10	4	4	4	0	0	3
Fife	44	27	19	34	0	3	37	11	8	1	1	2	7
Glasgow City	157	73	54	109	4	17	132	23	13	31	0	9	25
Highland	24	7	8	13	0	4	19	10	5	2	1	0	1
Inverclyde	16	1	9	10	2	0	13	9	5	3	0	0	3
Midlothian	6	1	1	2	0	1	3	1	1	2	0	0	1
Moray	10	5	5	8	1	2	9	5	5	1	0	0	2
North Ayrshire	15	10	7	12	0	2	14	1	1	2	0	1	2
North Lanarkshire	42	20	6	24	4	6	33	5	3	6	3	1	9
Orkney Islands	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	10	5	2	6	0	4	9	4	3	0	0	0	3
Renfrewshire	19	11	5	14	2	1	16	3	2	4	0	1	4
Scottish Borders	13	8	0	8	2	2	12	1	1	0	0	0	0
Shetland Islands	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	14	10	10	13	0	1	13	3	1	3	0	0	2
South Lanarkshire	31	18	8	22	1	2	27	3	0	2	1	0	5
Stirling	10	5	2	6	0	2	8	3	2	0	0	1	1
West Dunbartonshire	12	7	2	9	0	1	10	3	2	0	0	0	3
West Lothian	15	9	7	12	1	2	14	5	4	1	1	0	3