Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2009

Table HB1 Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 1999 - 2009 (with averages for 1996-2000 and 2005-2009)

NHS Board area	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Annual averages		Population in 2007	2005-2009 average deaths per 1,000 pop'n¹
NHS Board area	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	1996 to 2000	2005 to 2009	Population in 2007	2005-2009 average deaths per 1,000 pop'n¹
Scotland	291	292	332	382	317	356	336	421	455	574	545	260	466	5,144,200	0.09
Ayrshire & Arran	15	20	35	33	19	20	15	25	36	40	39	10	31	367,020	0.08
Borders	0	1	1	0	2	2	7	2	4	7	5	1	5	111,430	0.04
Dumfries & Galloway	7	7	8	9	9	7	7	5	10	9	8	6	8	148,300	0.05
Fife	9	12	11	12	12	17	21	19	28	37	32	9	27	360,428	0.08
Forth Valley	8	4	9	24	12	16	14	24	26	23	14	4	20	288,473	0.07
Grampian	38	31	46	47	37	39	23	47	45	41	52	29	42	535,290	0.08
Greater Glasgow & Clyde²	129	132	117	152	131	151	111	162	157	197	200	113	165	1,192,419	0.14
Highland ²	8	4	6	13	10	12	13	12	16	24	21	4	17	308,790	0.06
Lanarkshire	23	29	24	37	25	33	40	40	48	44	47	19	44	560,042	0.08
Lothian	39	37	54	39	40	36	57	46	54	94	81	44	66	809,764	0.08
Orkney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	19,860	0.02
Shetland	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	21,950	0.05
Tayside	14	14	19	14	19	23	26	35	29	53	44	21	37	394,134	0.09
Western Isles	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	26,300	0.05
Argyll & Clyde³	30	31	22	31	27	35	29	36	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.	29	28	21	26	24	31	26	35	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Highland pt.	1	3	1	5	3	4	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greater Glasgow ³	100	104	96	126	107	120	85	127	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Highland ³	7	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).