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

Blood-borne Viruses
C4.3 Persons reported to be Hepatitis C antibody positive;
probable/possible route of transmission 1
NHS board 2 and age group at time of earliest positive specimen; 31st Dec 2006 3
Injecting Other 4 Not Total
drug user
known
Scotland Under 15 years 3 79 18 100
15-19 518 51 136 705
20-24 2 484 154 775 3 413
25-29 3 453 235 1 288 4 976
30-34 3 048 257 1 274 4 579
35-39 1 923 254 1 052 3 229
40-44 932 206 806 1 944
45-49 392 125 571 1 088
50-54 169 78 404 651
55-59 43 57 227 327
60 years and over 21 115 584 720
Not known 160 8 171 339
Total 13 146 1 619 7 306 22 071
Males 9 196 1 000 4 668 14 864
Females 3 871 615 2 485 6 971
Not Known 79 4 153 236
Health Impact
Ayrshire & Arran Under 20 years 22 5 13 40
20-24 111 13 108 232
25-29 144 15 146 305
30-34 111 11 130 252
35-39 71 9 82 162
40-44 30 6 77 113
45-49 20 8 26 54
50 years and over 5 14 73 92
Not known 9 1 15 25
Total 523 82 670 1 275
Males 327 44 445 816
Females 189 38 202 429
Not known 7 - 23 30
Borders Under 20 years 2 - - 2
20-24 14 - 2 16
25-29 8 1 9 18
30-34 9 3 9 21
35-39 7 1 11 19
40-44 7 3 9 19
45-49 4 - 8 12
50 years and over 1 3 14 18
Not known - - 3 3
Total 52 11 65 128
Males 523 82 670 1 275
Females 43 7 45 95
Not known 9 4 20 33
Dumfries & Galloway Under 20 years 34 3 4 41
20-24 93 1 25 119
25-29 100 4 27 131
30-34 53 - 20 73
35-39 38 4 18 60
40-44 14 5 11 30
45-49 5 3 10 18
50 years and over 8 6 33 47
Not known 25 - 7 32
Total 370 26 155 551
Males 219 17 95 331
Females 115 9 51 175
Not known 36 - 9 45
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Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2007