Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2007 - Drug Misuse Information ...

General practice
C3.3 Proportion of the estimated number of patients with specified condition/illness,
1,2 attending a GP in Scotland : 2004 3,4,5
(patients aged 15 - 44 years)
Drug misuse PTI patients
Non-drug misuse PTI patients
Number Percentage Number Percentage
Males (n=21,100) (n=678,350)
Depression & other affective disorders 3 550 16.7 41 150 6.1
Anxiety & other neurotic, stress-related, & somatoform disorders 3 400 16.2 42 350 6.2
General abnormal S&S NEC (6) 2 550 12.2 67 250 9.9
Psychological S&S 2 200 10.5 34 000 5.0
Mental & behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol 1 850 8.7 13 650 2.0
Diseases of the skin & subcutaneous tissue (7) 1 800 8.5 98 550 14.5
Digestive/abdominal S&S 1 750 8.2 60 300 8.9
Back & neck disorders 1 750 8.2 66 750 9.8
Diseases of upper respiratory tract (8) 1 600 7.5 47 900 7.1
Infections of the skin & subcutaneous tissue 1 400 6.6 30 700 4.5
Females (n =10,100) (n=952,100)
Depression & other affective disorders 2 900 28.4 98 050 10.3
Anxiety & other neurotic, stress-related, & somatoform disorders 2 700 26.7 88 650 9.3
Digestive/abdominal S&S 1 850 18.3 131 200 13.8
General abnormal S&S NEC (6) 1 850 18.1 124 000 13.0
Psychological S&S 1 450 14.5 71 750 7.5
Diseases of upper respiratory tract (8) 1 250 12.4 72 200 7.6
Diseases of the skin & subcutaneous tissue (7) 1 200 11.8 144 800 15.2
Infections of the skin & subcutaneous tissue 1 100 11.1 40 300 4.2
Back & neck disorders 1 050 10.6 89 150 9.4
Infectious diseases (9) 1 050 10.5 100 050 10.5
1 Ten most commonly seen conditions for drug misuse patients.
2 Includes signs and symptoms (S&S) that do not necessarily have a confirmed diagnosis, classified according to body system. Classified using ISD's Read Code Groupings (RCGs).
3 Based on 44 PTI practices that submitted complete PTI data†for the†year ending 31 March 2006.
4 Estimates are standardised by deprivation.
5 Estimates are rounded to the nearest 50.
6 NEC= Not Elsewhere Classified.
7 Excluding infections and malignancies.
8 Excluding influenza, pneumonia, acute bronchitis, acute bronchiolitis, chronic sinusitis, chronic disease of tonsils & adenoids & malignancies.
9 Excluding meningococcal, skin, respiratory & urinary tract infections, gastroenteritis, & osteomyelitis.
Health Impact
Note: Following a substantial review of PTI data and subsequent revisions to the methodology for all PTI analyses, direct comparisons with figures produced prior to 27th March 2007
are not valid. Further information can be found on our website, at: http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/4724.html
Source : ISD Scotland, Practice team Information (PTI).
Population source - Community Health Index (CHI) record (as at 30 September 2005).
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