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APPENDIX SEVEN
Table B2.3 : Prescriptions for Methadone Mixture : 1998/99 - 2002/03

NHS board of prescription, number and rate per 1000 population 1

1998/99

1999/2000

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

Methadone
Mixture

Scotland

214 921

42

243 481

48

274 450

53

319 361

62

358 389

71

Argyll & Clyde

18 526

43

21 805

51

24 319

57

27 967

66

31 782

76

Ayrshire & Arran

24 015

64

25 415

68

26 576

71

34 381

92

40 655

111

Borders

474

4

424

4

521

5

691

6

1 161

11

Dumfries & Galloway

7 237

49

6 567

45

7 238

50

7 880

54

8 027

54

Fife

7 703

22

9 537

27

11 398

33

12 159

35

13 432

38

Forth Valley

2 439

9

2 569

9

3 094

11

3 954

14

4 587

16

Grampian

18 325

35

23 017

44

26 931

51

29 917

57

29 388

56

Greater Glasgow

80 901

89

87 369

96

98 897

109

115 049

127

131 186

151

Highland

1 711

8

2 477

12

2 388

11

2 201

11

2 811

14

Lanarkshire

17 886

32

24 956

44

28 940

51

34 560

62

37 982

69

Lothian

19 713

25

23 178

30

26 312

34

30 818

39

34 877

45

Orkney

19

1

16

1

9

-

24

1

17

1

Shetland

425

19

365

16

652

29

723

33

745

34

Tayside

15 537

40

15 775

41

17 172

45

19 035

50

21 734

56

Western Isles

10

0

11

0

3

-

2

-

5

0

1 Data is expressed as per 1,000 population, based on GRO mid year estimates.
- (zero); 0 (>0.0 & <0.5)
Source : Information Services - Prescribing Information System ( PIS).

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