| Age-group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 - 24 2 | 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 |
| Aberdeen City | 0.09 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
| Aberdeenshire | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Angus | 0.10 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| Argyll + Bute | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| Clackmannanshire | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| Dumfries + Galloway | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Dundee City | 0.20 | 0.38 | 0.62 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.19 |
| East Ayrshire | 0.15 | 0.42 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.11 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0.03 | 0.30 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| East Lothian | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| East Renfrewshire | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Edinburgh City | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| Eilean Siar | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| Falkirk | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Fife | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| Glasgow City | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.53 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.19 |
| Highland | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Inverclyde | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.40 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.15 |
| Midlothian | 0.06 | 0.27 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
| Moray | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| North Ayrshire | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.12 |
| North Lanarkshire | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| Orkney Islands | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Perth + Kinross | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Renfrewshire | 0.21 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.20 | 0.14 |
| Scottish Borders | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Shetland Islands | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.07 |
| South Ayrshire | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.08 |
| South Lanarkshire | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| Stirling | 0.10 | 0.29 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.08 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 0.26 | 0.48 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.05 | 0.28 | 0.19 |
| West Lothian | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
Footnotes
1) 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.
2) 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.
3) Including ages 0-14 and 65+
4) 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).