Table HB1: Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 2004-2014 (with averages for 2000-2004 and 2010-2014)
NHS Board area2
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Annual averages
Population in 2012
2010-2014 average deaths per 1,000 population1
2000 to 2004
2010 to 2014
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 1 April 2014. Figures for earlier years show what the numbers would have been had the new boundaries applied in those years.
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
356
336
421
455
574
545
485
584
581
527
613
336
558
5,313,600
0.11
Ayrshire & Arran
20
15
25
36
40
39
31
47
43
36
43
25
40
373,190
0.11
Borders
2
7
2
4
7
5
9
8
7
8
11
1
9
113,710
0.08
Dumfries & Galloway
7
7
5
10
9
8
6
12
6
9
13
8
9
150,830
0.06
Fife
17
21
18
28
37
32
35
34
38
39
46
13
38
366,220
0.10
Forth Valley
16
14
24
26
23
14
18
26
31
24
25
13
25
299,100
0.08
Grampian
39
23
47
45
41
52
44
58
31
50
36
40
44
573,420
0.08
Greater Glasgow & Clyde3
147
109
156
147
188
193
158
183
187
138
189
133
171
1,137,320
0.15
Highland3
12
13
12
16
24
21
10
33
22
18
25
9
22
319,810
0.07
Lanarkshire
37
41
46
58
53
54
62
61
67
75
67
33
66
652,230
0.10
Lothian
36
58
46
54
94
81
73
73
90
90
105
41
86
843,720
0.10
Orkney
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
21,530
0.04
Shetland
0
1
2
2
1
0
2
3
2
0
4
1
2
23,210
0.09
Tayside
23
26
35
29
53
44
34
45
55
37
48
18
44
411,750
0.11
Western Isles
0
1
1
0
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
27,560
0.04
(b) Extra deaths counted in the consistent series4