West Dunbartonshire 1999 -98 1998 -99 1999 -2000 2000 -01 2001 -02 2002 -03 2003 -04 New individual patients reported1,2 325 362 301 298 262 308 338 Injecting information available3 (=100%) 317 356 300 293 253 295 330 % Injected in previous month 44 45 44 42 39 45 35 % Injected in past 20 20 22 22 19 24 29 % Never injected 37 35 34 36 42 31 35 Sharing information available4 (=100%) 119 129 117 100 75 108 108 % Shared needles/syringes in past month 26 29 26 27 35 26 27 % Shared needles/syringes in past (not previous month) 26 31 35 43 24 23 27 % Never shared needles/syringes 48 40 38 30 41 51 46 Notes:1.