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Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2008

Table C3 Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported1 and Council area, 2008

Council area

Heroin /morphine 2

Methadone

Benzodiazepines

Cocaine

Ecstasy

Amphetamines

Alcohol

Any
benzodiazepine

of which:

Diazepam

Temazepam

Scotland

336

181

364

317

12

79

7

12

273

Aberdeen City

20

10

19

1

0

12

1

1

14

Aberdeenshire

8

2

8

1

0

3

0

0

6

Angus

3

1

1

1

0

2

0

1

4

Argyll & Bute

4

1

3

3

0

1

0

0

1

Clackmannanshire

3

1

4

4

0

0

0

0

2

Dumfries & Galloway

5

4

4

4

0

1

0

0

5

Dundee City

22

5

8

8

0

1

0

0

6

East Ayrshire

10

4

8

7

1

2

0

0

8

East Dunbartonshire

3

2

3

3

0

2

0

0

3

East Lothian

0

5

4

4

0

0

0

0

2

East Renfrewshire

3

1

4

4

0

2

0

1

4

Edinburgh, City of

21

25

44

42

2

5

0

1

31

Eilean Siar

1

0

3

2

0

1

0

0

1

Falkirk

6

3

2

2

0

0

0

0

3

Fife

24

9

13

12

1

3

2

2

16

Glasgow City

75

52

95

93

3

21

2

2

64

Highland

9

5

10

5

1

1

0

0

6

Inverclyde

2

3

5

5

0

0

0

0

3

Midlothian

4

1

6

5

0

0

0

0

2

Moray

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

2

North Ayrshire

10

6

13

12

0

2

0

0

9

North Lanarkshire

20

6

22

22

0

5

0

0

17

Orkney Islands

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Perth & Kinross

11

2

3

3

0

2

0

0

6

Renfrewshire

18

8

24

23

0

5

0

0

16

Scottish Borders

3

0

2

2

0

1

0

0

2

Shetland Islands

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

South Ayrshire

5

5

8

6

2

1

0

3

4

South Lanarkshire

17

9

16

16

0

1

1

0

13

Stirling

9

1

5

4

0

1

0

0

3

West Dunbartonshire

12

6

18

16

1

3

0

1

13

West Lothian

6

3

8

7

1

1

0

0

5

 

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 were asked to report all the drugs which were found to be present in the body.
There may be other differences between years and/or areas in the way in which the information was produced - see Section 2.
2. See paragraph 3.3.1 of commentary.

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