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

Blood-borne Viruses
C4.8 HIV prevalence among injecting drug users 1 having a named HIV-antibody
test: 1995, 2000, 2002 - 2006 2
NHS board 3
1995 2000 2002 2003
Tests New positives Tests New positives Tests New positives Tests New positives
No. Preval- No. Preval- No. Preval- No. Prevalence
ence ence ence
% % % %
Scotland 1 425 22 1.54 2 330 15 0.64 1 934 10 0.52 1 947 12 0.62
Argyll & Clyde 59 2 3.39 149 1 0.67 84 2 2.38 101 - 0.00
Ayrshire & Arran 37 - 0.00 83 - 0.00 121 - 0.00 109 - 0.00
Borders - - 0.00 13 - 0.00 11 - 0.00 24 2 8.33
Dumfries & Galloway 23 - 0.00 47 - 0.00 55 - 0.00 68 - 0.00
Fife 27 1 3.70 69 - 0.00 76 1 1.32 86 - 0.00
Forth Valley 33 - 0.00 38 - 0.00 29 1 3.45 26 - 0.00
Grampian 149 - 0.00 450 1 0.22 234 - 0.00 266 1 0.38
Greater Glasgow and Clyde 4 521 8 1.54 712 7 0.98 548 - 0.00 510 3 0.59
Highland 4 23 - 0.00 64 - 0.00 54 - 0.00 37 - 0.00
Lanarkshire 71 - 0.00 138 1 0.72 180 1 0.55 191 1 0.52
Lothian 270 8 2.96 376 4 1.06 367 5 1.36 372 2 0.54
Orkney 1 - 0.00 - - 0.00 1 - 0.00 - - -
Shetland 2 - 0.00 9 - 0.00 3 - 0.00 6 - 0.00
Tayside 209 3 1.44 182 1 0.55 167 - 0.00 148 3 2.03
Western Isles - - 0.00 - - 0.00 3 - 0.00 3 - 0.00
1995 2004 2000 2005 2002 2006
2003
ositives Tests New positives Tests New positives Tests New positives Tests New positives
Preval- No. Preval- No. Preval- No. Prevalence
No. Preval-
ence ence ence
ence
% % % %
%
0.62 Scotland 12 425 115 22 10 1.54 0.47 2 330 261 15 21 0.64 0.93 12 934 140 10 16 0.52 0.75 1 947 12 0.62
0.00 Argyll & Clyde 59 81 2- 3.39 0.00 149 86 1- 0.67 0.00 84 - 2- 2.38 -
101 - 0.00
0.00 Ayrshire & Arran 37 87 - 0.00 83 52 - 0.00 121 70 - 0.00
109 - 0.00
8.33 Borders 31- - 0.00 13 36 1- 0.00 2.78 11 28 1- 0.00 3.57
24 2 8.33
0.00 Dumfries & Galloway 23 71 4- 0.00 5.63 120 47 4- 0.00 3.33 140 55 1- 0.00 0.71
68 - 0.00
0.00 Fife 112 27 1 3.70 0.89 69 98 1- 0.00 1.02 76 86 1- 1.32 0.00
86 - 0.00
0.00 Forth Valley 33 - 0.00 38 24 - 0.00 29 15 1- 3.45 0.00
26 - 0.00
0.38 Grampian 149 251 - 0.00 450 249 1 0.22 0.40 234 248 1- 0.00 0.40
266 1 0.38
0.59 Greater Glasgow and Clyde 4 521 406 81 1.54 0.25 712 432 72 0.98 0.46 548 507 3- 0.00 0.59
510 3 0.59
0.00 Highland 4 23 51 - 0.00 64 61 - 0.00 54 78 - 0.00
37 - 0.00
0.52 Lanarkshire 250 71 - 0.00 138 272 12 0.72 0.74 180 245 12 0.55 0.82
191 1 0.52
0.54 Lothian 270 589 84 2.96 0.68 376 662 48 1.06 1.21 367 574 54 1.36 0.70
372 2 0.54
- Orkney 1 - 0.00 3- - 0.00 1- - 0.00
- - -
0.00 Shetland 21 - 0.00 98 - 0.00 3- - 0.00
6 - 0.00
2.03 Tayside 209 151 3- 1.44 0.00 182 157 12 0.55 1.27 167 135 3- 0.00 2.22
148 3 2.03
0.00 Western Isles 2- - 0.00 1- - 0.00 3- - 0.00
3 - 0.00
Health Impact
1 Includes some IDUs who reported homo/bisexual contact.
2 For each individual tested, only the first test within a calendar year is included.
3 Refers to the person's NHS board of residence or, where this is not known, the NHS board of source of specimen.
4 From April 2006 Argyll and Clyde NHS Board was dissolved. Part of the former NHS Argyll and Clyde merged with NHS Greater Glasgow becoming NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, while the remained merged with
NHS Highland. Data for earlier years is shown by these new NHS boards to allow comparison over the time period.
- (zero)
Source: Health Protection Scotland (HPS).
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