Table HB1: Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 2003-2013 (with averages for 1999-2003 and 2009-2013)

NHS Board area2	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Annual averages		Population in 2011	2009-2013 average deaths per 1,000 population1
												1999 to 2003	2009 to 2013
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 Board's area are based on the boundaries that apply with effect from 1st April 2014. Figures for earlier years show what the numbers would have been had the new boundaries applied in those years (and up to 2012 have been revised, where appropriate, from what was published previously). Including the relevant parts of the former Argyll & Clyde Board area.
Scotland	317	356	336	421	455	574	545	485	584	581	526	323	544	5,299,900	0.10
Ayrshire & Arran	19	20	15	25	36	40	39	31	47	43	36	24	39	373,760	0.10
Borders	2	2	7	2	4	7	5	9	8	7	8	1	7	113,880	0.06
Dumfries & Galloway	9	7	7	5	10	9	8	6	12	6	9	8	8	151,410	0.05
Fife	13	17	21	18	28	37	32	35	34	38	39	11	36	365,300	0.10
Forth Valley	12	16	14	24	26	23	14	18	26	31	24	11	23	298,080	0.08
Grampian	37	39	23	47	45	41	52	44	58	31	50	40	47	569,580	0.08
Greater Glasgow & Clyde3	127	147	109	156	147	188	193	158	183	187	138	128	172	1,135,400	0.15
Highland 3	10	12	13	12	16	24	21	10	33	22	18	8	21	321,660	0.06
Lanarkshire	30	37	41	46	58	53	54	62	61	67	75	32	64	651,620	0.10
Lothian	40	36	58	46	54	94	81	73	73	90	90	42	81	836,610	0.10
Orkney	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	21,420	0.04
Shetland	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	0	1	1	23,240	0.06
Tayside	19	23	26	35	29	53	44	34	45	55	36	16	43	410,250	0.10
Western Isles	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	27,690	0.05