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.
Scotland7063452514933194606191128931517107
Ayrshire & Arran4329223803411029018
Borders138082212110000
Dumfries & Galloway11627018000202
Fife4427193403371181127
Forth Valley311810210424874025
Grampian69293348312614330162010
Greater Glasgow & Clyde2219977154102418742254211035
Highland351492125291263104
Lanarkshire7338144658608384114
Lothian1003443664208619178319
Orkney1000011110000
Shetland1101001000000
Tayside6342224951058362821013
Western Isles1000011000000