Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2008

Table HB1 Drug-related deaths by NHS Board area, 1998 - 2008 (with averages for 1996-2000 and 2004-2008)

NHS Board area	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Annual averages		Population in 2006	2004-2008 average deaths per 1,000 pop'n ¹
NHS Board area	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	1996 to 2000	2004 to 2008	Population in 2006	2004-2008 average deaths per 1,000 pop'n ¹
Scotland	249	291	292	332	382	317	356	336	421	455	574	260	428	5,116,900	0.08
Ayrshire & Arran	4	15	20	35	33	19	20	15	25	36	40	10	27	366,450	0.07
Borders	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	7	2	4	7	1	4	110,247	0.04
Dumfries & Galloway	4	7	7	8	9	9	7	7	5	10	9	6	8	148,030	0.05
Fife	13	9	12	11	12	12	17	21	19	28	37	9	24	358,858	0.07
Forth Valley	2	8	4	9	24	12	16	14	24	26	23	4	21	286,053	0.07
Grampian	26	38	31	46	47	37	39	23	47	45	41	29	39	529,889	0.07
Greater Glasgow & Clyde ²	115	129	132	117	152	131	151	111	162	157	197	113	156	1,191,584	0.13
Highland ²	2	8	4	6	13	10	12	13	12	16	24	4	15	306,701	0.05
Lanarkshire	21	23	29	24	37	25	33	40	40	48	44	19	41	558,139	0.07
Lothian	37	39	37	54	39	40	36	57	46	54	94	44	57	801,310	0.07
Orkney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	19,770	0.02
Shetland	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	1	21,880	0.05
Tayside	23	14	14	19	14	19	23	26	35	29	53	21	33	391,639	0.08
Western Isles	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	26,350	0.04
Argyll & Clyde ³	23	30	31	22	31	27	35	29	36	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.	22	29	28	21	26	24	31	26	35	..	..	..	..	..	..
Highland pt.	1	1	3	1	5	3	4	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greater Glasgow ³	93	100	104	96	126	107	120	85	127	..	..	..	..	..	..
Highland ³	1	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).

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