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Glasgow City Region

Problem drug use in the Glasgow City Region

lifestyle drug problem PROPORTION GCR 2020

Inverclyde had the highest rate of problem drug users aged 15-64 in 2015/16 (2.9%) in the Glasgow City region. Only East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire had a lower rate of problem drug-use than the Scottish average (1.6%).         

Notes

Estimates of problem drug users aged 15-64, as published by the Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS National Services Scotland (now part of Public Health Scotland). These estimates for 2015/16 were the latest estimates available when this publication was produced. Some of the estimates are subject to potentially large percentage margins of error.  

The full report is published here on the PHS/ISD website: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Drugs-and-Alcohol-Misuse/Drugs-Misuse/Prevalence-of-Problem-Drug-Use/

Drug-related deaths trend across the Glasgow City Region

Drug deaths GCR trendThe rates of drug-related deaths have increased in all the Glasgow City Region local authorities in the last two decades. The rate of drug-related deaths has been consistently higher in Glasgow from 2014 onwards. The rates of drug-related deaths in Glasgow, Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, and Renfrewshire have been consistently higher than the Scottish average over the last 20 years.

Drug-related deaths per 100,000 population by age group across the Glasgow City Region
Drug deaths GCR age

The rate of drug-related deaths was generally highest among 35-44 year olds compared to other age groups across Scotland and among the Glasgow City Region local authorities. In Glasgow, however, the drug-related death rate was highest among 45-54 year olds. This was the highest age-specfiic drug-death rate across all local authorities.

Notes

These data were taken from the annual drug death report published by National Records for Scotland.

Drug-related deaths are identified from death registrations and a specially-designed questionnaire completed by forensic pathologists. The forensic pathologists list the drugs and solvents identified for the deceased. For further details please refer to the above report.

Trends in rates of drug-related deaths in Glasgow compared to other cities in the UK are presented in the Excess Mortality section.

This page was last updated in August 2022.

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