| Age-group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 - 242 | 25 - 34 | 35 - 44 | 45 - 54 | 55 - 643 | Ages 15 - 64 | All ages4 | |
| Scotland | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.10 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.11 |
| Borders | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Fife | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| Forth Valley | 0.11 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| Grampian | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde5 | 0.12 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.15 |
| Highland5 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Lanarkshire | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| Lothian | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| Orkney | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Shetland | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| Tayside | 0.12 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.10 |
| Western Isles | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
Footnotes
1) Calculated by dividing the average number of drug-related deaths per year over the specified 5-year period by the estimated population in the middle of the 5-year period (which is a proxy for the average population over the whole of the period).
2) Other tables which provide figures by age-group give the number of drug-related deaths of people who were aged under 25. However, this column's figures are for ages 15-24, inclusive, as there are very few drug-related deaths of people aged 0-14
3) Other tables which provide figures by age-group give the number of drug-related deaths of people who were aged 55 and over. However, this column's figures are for ages 55-64, inclusive, as there are few drug-related deaths of people aged 65 and over
4) Including ages 0-14 and 65+
5) New NHS Board areas including parts of former Argyll & Clyde prior to its dissolution on 1 April 2006.