GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR SCOTLAND,,,,,,,
"Drug-related deaths in Scotland, 2006",,,,,,,


"Table 6:  Drug-related deaths; selected drugs involved1, by NHS Board area, 2006",,,,,,,


NHS Board,Heroin/,Methadone,Diazepam 3,Cocaine,Ecstasy,Temazepam 3,Alcohol
area,morphine 2,,,,,,

Scotland,260,97,78,33,13,10,131
Ayrshire & Arran,12,9,5,1,-         ,-         ,8
Borders,-         ,-         ,1,-         ,-         ,1,1
Dumfries & Galloway,3,-         ,2,-         ,-         ,-         ,3
Fife,15,3,2,-         ,1,1,3
Forth Valley,17,1,9,-         ,4,1,6
Grampian,42,4,18,10,1,2,19
Greater Glasgow & Clyde 4,97,58,9,11,3,2,45
Highland 4,6,2,4,1,-         ,1,3
Lanarkshire,26,7,3,6,3,-         ,14
Lothian,12,9,16,4,1,1,21
Orkney,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         
Shetland,2,-         ,1,-         ,-         ,-         ,1
Tayside,27,4,8,-         ,-         ,1,7
Western Isles,1,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         

Argyll & Clyde 5,25,12,5,2,1,-         ,13
  Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.,24,12,5,2,1,-         ,12
  Highland pt.,1,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         ,-         ,1
Greater Glasgow 5,73,46,4,9,2,2,33
Highland 5,5,2,4,1,-         ,1,2

1. Individual deaths often involved more than one of these drugs.  The numbers given are mentions of the drug and should not be
   added to give total deaths.
2. See paragraph 8 of commentary.
3. Each year there are also a small number of mentions of unspecified benzodiazepines.
4. New NHS Board areas including parts of former Argyll & Clyde
5. Former NHS Board areas (before dissolution of Argyll & Clyde on 1 April 2006).