Table HB1: Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 2004-2014 (with averages for 2000-2004 and 2010-2014)
NHS Board area220042005200620072008200920102011201220132014Annual averagesPopulation in 20122010-2014 average deaths per 1,000 population1
2000 to 20042010 to 2014
Footnotes:
  1. Using the population in the middle of the 5-year period as a proxy for the average population over the whole period.
  2. 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.
  3. Including the relevant parts of the former Argyll & Clyde Board area.
  4. 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
Scotland3563364214555745454855845815276133365585,313,6000.11
Ayrshire & Arran20152536403931474336432540373,1900.11
Borders27247598781119113,7100.08
Dumfries & Galloway7751098612691389150,8300.06
Fife17211828373235343839461338366,2200.10
Forth Valley16142426231418263124251325299,1000.08
Grampian39234745415244583150364044573,4200.08
Greater Glasgow & Clyde31471091561471881931581831871381891331711,137,3200.15
Highland31213121624211033221825922319,8100.07
Lanarkshire37414658535462616775673366652,2300.10
Lothian365846549481737390901054186843,7200.10
Orkney001010201100121,5300.04
Shetland012210232041223,2100.09
Tayside23263529534434455537481844411,7500.11
Western Isles011032111211127,5600.04
(b) Extra deaths counted in the consistent series4
Scotland9109191625272223293
Ayrshire & Arran01230122110
Borders10000002000
Dumfries & Galloway00100101010
Fife11020232310
Forth Valley12101100100
Grampian10112531131
Greater Glasgow & Clyde323383476760
Highland300000133210
Lanarkshire01122532650
Lothian12014320251
Orkney00000001000
Shetland00000000000
Tayside20024242051
Western Isles00000000010