The increase in numbers observed in 1994 was, at leastin part, due to enhanced data collection methods introduced at that time.Drug-Related DeathsInvolving Methadone, 1990-2005 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Scotland 11 9 21 23 55 58 100 86 Aberdeen City - - 1 1 2 4 8 3 Aberdeenshire - - - - - - 2 4 Angus - - - - - 1 - 1 Argyll and Bute - - - - - 1 - - Clackmannanshire - - - - - - - - Dumfries and Galloway - - - - - - 2 1 Dundee City 2 2 1 1 2 2 12 14 East Ayrshire - - - - 2 2 - 1 East Dunbartonshire - - 1 - - - - 1 East Lothian - 1 - 2 - - 2 1 East Renfrewshire - - - - - 1 - - Edinburgh, City of 9 3 13 11 17 14 33 24 Eilean Siar - - - - - - - - Falkirk - - - 2 - 1 - 1 Fife - - - 1 1 1 - 2 Glasgow City - 1 1 3 14 21 25 16 Highland - - - - - - - - Inverclyde - - - - 1 5 4 1 Midlothian - - - - 2 - 2 1 Moray - - - - 1 - - 1 North Ayrshire - - - - - 1 - 1 North Lanarkshire - - - - 2 - - - Orkney Islands - - - - - - - - Perth and Kinross - - - - - 1 2 2 Renfrewshire - - - - - 2 2 1 Scottish Borders - - - - 1 - 1 - Shetland Islands - - - - - - - - South Ayrshire - - - - 4 - 1 1 South Lanarkshire - - - - 3 1 1 2 Stirling - 1 3 1 - - - - West Dunbartonshire - - 1 - 1 - 2 2 West Lothian - 1 - 1 2 - 1 5 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Scotland 64 63 55 69 98 87 80 72 Aberdeen City 4 6 5 8 11 2 1 2 Aberdeenshire 1 1 1 1 - 3 1 1 Angus 1 - 1 1 1 1 3 - Argyll and Bute - 1 - 1 3 - - - Clackmannanshire - - - - 1 - 1 - Dumfries and Galloway 1 - 1 2 1 1 1 - Dundee City 2 7 6 10 1 - 3 1 East Ayrshire 1 4 - 2 5 - - - East Dunbartonshire 1 - - - - 1 - - East Lothian - 1 - 1 3 3 - 2 East Renfrewshire 1 1 1 - 2 1 3 - Edinburgh, City of 18 14 6 9 14 12 2 13 Eilean Siar - - - - - 1 - - Falkirk - - - - - 1 - 2 Fife 2 1 5 4 4 4 1 1 Glasgow City 13 18 13 12 25 37 35 23 Highland - 1 - - - 2 2 3 Inverclyde 1 - 2 3 3 1 2 1 Midlothian 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 Moray - - 2 - - - - - North Ayrshire - - 1 - 3 - 2 2 North Lanarkshire 3 1 1 3 4 1 5 7 Orkney Islands - - - - - - - - Perth and Kinross 6 - - 1 - 1 1 1 Renfrewshire 2 - 3 - - 3 4 4 Scottish Borders - - - - - - - - Shetland Islands - - 1 1 - - - - South Ayrshire - - - 4 - 4 - 3 South Lanarkshire 2 3 1 - 5 3 5 - Stirling - - - - 2 - 2 1 West Dunbartonshire - - 2 2 5 1 1 1 West Lothian 1 3 2 3 4 1 4 2 S2W-29476