It is not alwayspossible to explicitly identify illegal drug use from centrally held data, assome drug classifications include the misuse of prescribed drugs.Patients Aged Under 18Admitted to Hospitals in Scotland with Any Mention of a Diagnosis of Drug Misuse1,2,3by NHS Board of Residence Y/E March 1998 Y/E March 1999 Y/E March 2000 Y/E March 2001 Y/E March 2002P NHS Board of Residence Number Aged Under 18 % of All Patients Admitted with Drug Misuse Number Aged Under 18 % of All Patients Admitted with Drug Misuse Number Aged Under 18 % of All Patients Admitted with Drug Misuse Number Aged Under 18 % of All Patients Admitted with Drug Misuse Number Aged Under 18 % of All Patients Admitted with Drug Misuse All Areas 233 6.7 222 5.5 206 4.8 205 4.6 214 4.6 Ayrshire and Arran 51 16.3 40 10.3 37 9.1 44 10.0 50 8.6 Borders 5 8.8 6 11.5 8 15.1 1 1.6 9 16.4 Argyll and Clyde 19 6.9 19 5.2 26 6.5 36 9.4 19 4.4 Fife 15 9.4 25 14.0 13 6.2 13 6.1 10 4.7 Greater Glasgow 37 3.4 33 2.4 34 2.5 29 1.9 40 2.8 Highland 9 14.1 3 4.5 7 7.4 4 5.8 5 6.0 Lanarkshire 10 5.6 15 6.0 11 4.1 17 4.8 11 3.5 Grampian 27 9.2 21 6.7 24 6.7 16 4.2 18 4.9 Orkney - - - - 1 100.0 - - - - Lothian 30 5.8 31 5.9 22 4.1 20 4.5 29 5.7 Tayside 14 6.0 10 4.5 9 4.1 7 3.7 9 5.3 Forth Valley 5 4.2 7 4.8 2 1.4 4 3.0 5 3.6 Western Isles - - - - 2 16.7 1 14.3 - - Dumfries and Galloway 8 8.9 8 8.9 5 6.0 7 7.4 6 4.3 Shetland - - 1 16.7 - - - - - - Other 4 3 3.5 3 2.8 5 3.1 6 3.8 3 2.1 Source:ISD Scotland Linked Database, November 2003.Notes:PProvisional1.Includes in-patient and day case discharges from general acute and mentalillness hospitals and psychiatric units.2.Up to six discharge diagnoses (one principal, five secondary) are recorded onthe national returns. The following codes...