Table C3: Drug-related deaths by selected drugs reported1 and council area, 2016
Council Area3All drug-related deathsHeroin / morphine2MethadoneHeroin / morphine, Methadone or Bupren-orphineCodeine or a codeine-containing compoundDihydro-codeine or a d.h.c-containing compoundAny opiate or opioidBenzodiazepinesCocaineEcstasy-typeAmphet-aminesAlcohol
Any benzo-diazepineof which:
Diazepam

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 has been the standard basis for the figures for individual drugs with effect from 'Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2009'
    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 be found in paragraph 3.3.1 of the commentary.
  3. The alphabetical order of the councils has changed due to the adoption of the preferred forms of reference for the Edinburgh and Western Isles areas. Previous versions of this table used the forms 'Edinburgh, City of' and 'Eilean Siar'.

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Scotland867 473 362 650 43 114 765 426 154 123 28 25 112
Aberdeen City46 22 24 37 3 11 41 32 27 13 0 2 1
Aberdeenshire12 8 3 8 0 3 11 6 5 2 0 0 1
Angus13 11 4 11 2 2 13 8 6 0 0 0 3
Argyll & Bute10 4 2 6 0 1 7 2 1 2 3 1 0
City of Edinburgh90 43 36 65 6 14 79 38 29 11 2 2 24
Clackmannanshire12 8 5 10 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 1 2
Dumfries & Galloway17 9 6 11 2 2 15 1 1 0 2 0 2
Dundee City38 21 24 35 2 5 37 27 12 1 0 0 3
East Ayrshire29 19 17 24 0 5 25 18 3 4 0 2 2
East Dunbartonshire7 5 1 5 1 1 7 2 2 1 0 0 0
East Lothian11 6 9 10 1 3 10 5 5 2 0 0 1
East Renfrewshire5 2 2 4 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 1
Falkirk29 15 8 21 3 6 27 14 6 6 1 0 5
Fife45 30 19 33 0 6 41 29 22 2 0 4 1
Glasgow City170 83 80 130 7 15 149 90 7 32 5 4 23
Highland19 4 3 7 0 2 14 6 4 2 1 0 2
Inverclyde20 8 14 16 0 0 18 12 1 3 1 0 1
Midlothian8 2 1 3 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0
Moray10 4 1 5 0 3 7 3 2 2 1 0 1
Na h-Eileanan Siar1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Ayrshire32 20 18 26 1 5 29 16 1 5 0 1 5
North Lanarkshire49 32 18 36 3 3 41 18 2 13 2 0 9
Orkney Islands1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perth & Kinross11 8 3 8 1 1 9 3 1 0 1 0 1
Renfrewshire42 24 16 30 1 3 35 25 1 4 2 1 3
Scottish Borders10 6 2 7 0 2 9 3 2 1 1 1 2
Shetland Islands1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
South Ayrshire24 14 14 21 1 3 22 9 1 1 0 0 2
South Lanarkshire64 36 24 49 2 8 58 32 5 12 1 3 9
Stirling9 6 2 6 1 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 2
West Dunbartonshire13 9 1 10 1 1 11 5 0 1 1 0 2
West Lothian19 12 5 14 2 4 16 5 3 2 3 3 4