Table HB1: Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 2005-2015 (with averages for 2001-2005 and 2011-2015)
NHS Board area2
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Annual averages
Population in 2013
2011-2015 average deaths per 1,000 population1
2001 to 2005
2011 to 2015
Footnotes:
Using the population in the middle of the 5-year period as a proxy for the average population over the whole period.
The statistics for each area are based on the boundaries that apply with effect from 1 April 2014. Earlier years' figures show what the numbers would have been had the new boundaries applied in those years.
For 2001, 2003 and 2006, there are differences of one or two between the overall total for the year and the sum of the figures for the individual age-groups. This is due to the use of a new database - further information can be found in Annex A, paragraph A4.
Including the relevant parts of the former Argyll & Clyde Board area.
Broadly speaking, the additional deaths which would be counted on the basis of the classification of the drugs at the end of the latest year which is covered by the publication (rather than on the standard definition basis of the classification at the time of the death). Refer to Annex F for the full definition.
(a) Drug-related deaths - standard definition
Scotland
336
421
455
574
545
485
584
581
527
613
706
345
602
5,327,700
0.11
Ayrshire & Arran
15
25
36
40
39
31
47
43
36
43
43
24
42
372,240
0.11
Borders
7
2
4
7
5
9
8
7
8
11
13
2
9
113,880
0.08
Dumfries & Galloway
7
5
10
9
8
6
12
6
9
13
11
8
10
150,280
0.07
Fife
21
18
28
37
32
35
34
38
39
46
44
15
40
366,900
0.11
Forth Valley
14
24
26
23
14
18
26
31
24
25
31
15
27
299,670
0.09
Grampian
23
47
45
41
52
44
58
31
50
36
69
38
49
579,200
0.08
Greater Glasgow & Clyde3
109
156
147
188
193
158
183
187
138
189
221
128
184
1,137,920
0.16
Highland3
13
12
16
24
21
10
33
22
18
25
35
11
27
320,980
0.08
Lanarkshire
41
46
58
53
54
62
61
67
75
67
73
36
69
652,590
0.11
Lothian
58
46
54
94
81
73
73
90
90
105
100
45
92
849,720
0.11
Orkney
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
21,560
0.03
Shetland
1
2
2
1
0
2
3
2
0
4
1
1
2
23,200
0.09
Tayside
26
35
29
53
44
34
45
55
37
48
63
20
50
412,160
0.12
Western Isles
1
1
0
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
27,400
0.04
(b) Extra deaths counted in the consistent series4