Table HB3: Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported1 and NHS Board area, 2014
NHS Board areaAll drug-related deathsHeroin/morphine2MethadoneHeroin / morphine, methadone or buprenorphineCodeine or a codeine-containing compoundDihydro-codeine or a d.h.c-containing compoundAny opiate or opioidBenzodiazepines
of which:		CocaineEcstasy-typeAmphetaminesAlcohol
Any benzo-diazepineDiazepam
Footnotes:
  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 'Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2008' and earlier editions. There may be other differences between years and/or areas in the way in which the information was produced - more information can be found in Section 2 of the commentary.
  2. More information can found in paragraph 3.3.1 of the commentary.
Scotland613309214449386953512186451422106
Ayrshire & Arran432524360541611013
Borders1183101211321114
Dumfries & Galloway13106111012100002
Fife462713321639991048
Forth Valley25145185524432103
Grampian36161630333220135118
Greater Glasgow & Clyde18991541291219155208204433
Highland25153184324430003
Lanarkshire67341848596110884115
Lothian10544517941293242252720
Orkney0000000000000
Shetland4213024221000
Tayside48232035233918151036
Western Isles1000000000101