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Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2010

Table 8 Drug-related deaths per 1,000 population, Scotland, 2000 to 2010, and NHS Boards, annual averages for 2006 to 2010

Age-group
15 -
24 1
25 -
34
35 -
44
45 -
54
55 -
64  2
All
ages  3
(a) Scotland
2000 0.12 0.18 0.09 0.02 0.01 0.06
2001 0.12 0.20 0.09 0.04 0.01 0.07
2002 0.16 0.23 0.12 0.04 0.01 0.08
2003 0.12 0.19 0.10 0.03 0.02 0.06
2004 0.12 0.22 0.12 0.05 0.00 0.07
2005 0.07 0.17 0.16 0.05 0.02 0.07
2006 0.10 0.25 0.16 0.08 0.02 0.08
2007 0.14 0.24 0.19 0.06 0.02 0.09
2008 0.13 0.33 0.23 0.10 0.03 0.11
2009 0.10 0.28 0.25 0.10 0.03 0.10
2010 0.09 0.24 0.22 0.10 0.03 0.09
average of rates for latest five years (2006 to 2010) 0.11 0.27 0.21 0.09 0.03 0.10
(b) NHS Board areas: annual averages for 2006 to 2010  4
Ayrshire & Arran 0.14 0.30 0.22 0.07 0.02 0.09
Borders 0.08 0.16 0.13 0.01 0.01 0.05
Dumfries & Galloway 0.15 0.19 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.05
Fife 0.12 0.28 0.18 0.07 0.00 0.08
Forth Valley 0.14 0.23 0.10 0.07 0.02 0.07
Grampian 0.11 0.26 0.15 0.08 0.02 0.08
Greater Glasgow & Clyde 5 0.13 0.35 0.36 0.14 0.05 0.15
Highland 5 0.09 0.19 0.10 0.04 0.02 0.05
Lanarkshire 0.08 0.26 0.18 0.07 0.01 0.08
Lothian 0.08 0.18 0.18 0.09 0.04 0.09
Orkney 0.19 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04
Shetland 0.24 0.24 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.06
Tayside 0.14 0.31 0.22 0.08 0.02 0.10
Western Isles 0.15 0.33 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.05

 

1. Other tables which provide figures by age-group give the number of drug-related deaths of people who were aged under 25. However, this column's figures are for ages 15-24, inclusive, as there are very few drug-related deaths of people aged 0-14
2. Other tables which provide figures by age-group give the number of drug-related deaths of people who were aged 55 and over However, this column's figures are for ages 55-64, inclusive, as there are few drug-related deaths of people aged 65 and over
3. Including ages 0-14 and 65+
4. Calculated by dividing the average number of drug-related deaths per year over the specified 5-year period by the estimated population in the middle of the 5-year period (which is a proxy for the average population over the whole of the period).
5. New NHS Board areas including parts of former Argyll & Clyde prior to its dissolution on 1 April 2006.

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