| Annual averages | Population in 2008 | 2006-2010 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHS Board area | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 1996 to 2000 | 2006 to 2010 | average deaths per 1,000 pop'n 1 | |
| Scotland | 292 | 332 | 382 | 317 | 356 | 336 | 421 | 455 | 574 | 545 | 485 | 260 | 496 | 5,168,500 | 0.10 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 20 | 35 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 25 | 36 | 40 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 34 | 367,510 | 0.09 |
| Borders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 112,430 | 0.05 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 148,580 | 0.05 |
| Fife | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 28 | 37 | 32 | 35 | 9 | 30 | 361,815 | 0.08 |
| Forth Valley | 4 | 9 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 290,047 | 0.07 |
| Grampian | 31 | 46 | 47 | 37 | 39 | 23 | 47 | 45 | 41 | 52 | 44 | 29 | 46 | 539,630 | 0.08 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde 2 | 132 | 117 | 152 | 131 | 151 | 111 | 162 | 157 | 197 | 200 | 167 | 113 | 177 | 1,194,675 | 0.15 |
| Highland 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 309,900 | 0.05 |
| Lanarkshire | 29 | 24 | 37 | 25 | 33 | 40 | 40 | 48 | 44 | 47 | 53 | 19 | 46 | 561,174 | 0.08 |
| Lothian | 37 | 54 | 39 | 40 | 36 | 57 | 46 | 54 | 94 | 81 | 73 | 44 | 70 | 817,727 | 0.09 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19,890 | 0.04 |
| Shetland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21,980 | 0.06 |
| Tayside | 14 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 35 | 29 | 53 | 44 | 34 | 21 | 39 | 396,942 | 0.10 |
| Western Isles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26,200 | 0.05 |
| Argyll & Clyde 3 | 31 | 22 | 31 | 27 | 35 | 29 | 36 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt. | 28 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 26 | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Highland pt. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Greater Glasgow 3 | 104 | 96 | 126 | 107 | 120 | 85 | 127 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Highland 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
1. Using the population in the middle of the 5-year period as a proxy for the average population over the whole period
2. New NHS Board areas including parts of former Argyll & Clyde.
3. Former NHS Board areas (before dissolution of Argyll & Clyde on 1 April 2006).
Table HB2 Drug-related deaths by cause of death and NHS Board area, 2010
| Cause of death category (ICD10 codes) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHS Board area |
All categories | Drug abuse | Accidental poisoning |
Intentional self-poisoning |
Assault by drugs, etc. |
Undetermined intent |
| (F11-F16, F19) | (X40-X44) | (X60-X64) | (X85) | (Y10-Y14) | ||
| Scotland | 485 | 312 | 67 | 28 | 0 | 78 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Borders | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Fife | 35 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Forth Valley | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Grampian | 44 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 167 | 118 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Highland | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lanarkshire | 53 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| Lothian | 73 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| Orkney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Shetland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tayside | 34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Isles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Table HB3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported1 and NHS Board area, 2010
| NHS Boardarea | Heroin / morphine 2 |
Methadone | Benzodiazepines | Cocaine | Ecstasy | Amphetamines | Alcohol | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any benzodiazepine |
of which: Diazepam |
Temazepam | |||||||
| Scotland | 254 | 174 | 122 | 93 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 127 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 19 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Borders | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fife | 20 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Forth Valley | 12 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Grampian | 14 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 92 | 63 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Highland | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lanarkshire | 34 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Lothian | 26 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Orkney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shetland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tayside | 18 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Western Isles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1. 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 figures for
individual drugs. They are on a different basis from those published in Table HB3 of the '� in 2008' and earlier editions.
There may be other differences between years and/or areas in the way in which the information was produced - see Section 2.
2. Please go to paragraph 3.3.1 of commentary.