Table C5: Drug-related deaths by council area6: average for 2011 to 2015 and relative to the estimated number of problem drug users in 2012/13
2011-2015 average drug-deaths per year (all ages)Problem drug users (aged 15-64) in 2012/131Annual average drug-deaths: 2011-2015
per 1,000 problem drug users in 2012/134
95% Confidence Interval2Likely range of values
EstimateLower endUpper end+ / -3Estimatefrom5to5

Footnotes

1) to 5) refer to the corresponding footnotes to Table HB5.

6) 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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Scotland60261,50059,90063,3003%9.89.510.1
Aberdeen City283,1002,7003,50013%9.08.010.4
Aberdeenshire141,1009701,30015%12.910.914.6
Angus1070059086019%14.611.917.3
Argyll & Bute971059090022%12.19.614.6
City of Edinburgh626,6005,9007,50012%9.48.210.5
Clackmannanshire763055074015%11.710.013.5
Dumfries & Galloway101,3001,1001,60019%8.06.59.5
Dundee City322,8002,5003,10011%11.610.513.0
East Ayrshire151,6001,4001,80013%9.48.310.7
East Dunbartonshire439030053029%10.37.513.3
East Lothian98806401,30038%9.86.613.4
East Renfrewshire59007701,10018%5.14.26.0
Falkirk121,7001,4002,10021%6.95.68.4
Fife402,9002,6003,40014%13.911.815.5
Glasgow City12213,60013,00014,5006%9.08.49.4
Highland181,3001,2001,50012%13.812.015.0
Inverclyde151,7001,5001,90012%8.98.010.1
Midlothian79206201,50048%7.24.410.6
Moray735026051036%18.912.925.4
Na h-Eileanan Siar11107024077%10.95.017.1
North Ayrshire151,8001,6002,10014%8.47.29.5
North Lanarkshire363,7003,4004,1009%9.68.710.5
Orkney Islands13020110150%20.05.530.0
Perth & Kinross71,1009201,40022%6.45.07.6
Renfrewshire222,8002,5003,20013%8.07.09.0
Scottish Borders971061086018%13.210.915.4
Shetland Islands23401301,300172%5.91.515.4
South Ayrshire1278067093017%15.613.118.2
South Lanarkshire333,2002,8003,60013%10.39.211.8
Stirling882071097016%10.08.511.5
West Dunbartonshire151,5001,3001,80017%10.08.311.5
West Lothian151,4001,2001,70018%10.48.612.2