Drug-related deaths in Lanarkshire are above the nationwide common in response to new statistics.
Figures launched on Thursday (July 28) by the Nationwide Information of Scotland present that drug misuse deaths throughout the area are larger than Scotland’s common.
The info highlights circumstances from final 12 months, that are essentially the most just lately recorded figures.
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The Scottish nationwide common sits at 22.9 per cent for drug misuse deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, and Lanarkshire is 23.7 per cent per 100,000 inhabitants, exhibiting a 0.8 per cent rise.
There was an general slight lower in Scotland with 2021 statistics being one per cent decrease than 2020 – making it the primary 12 months since 2013 the place drug misuse deaths haven't elevated. It's nonetheless the second highest annual complete on document, with 1330 individuals shedding their lives to drug misuse.
Julie Ramsay, very important occasions statistician at NRS, mentioned: “Drug misuse deaths have elevated considerably over the previous few many years – there have been greater than 5 instances as many deaths in 2021 in contrast with 1996.
"Final 12 months (2021) is the primary 12 months since 2013 that drug misuse deaths haven't elevated.
“In 2021, after adjusting for age, individuals in essentially the most disadvantaged areas had been greater than 15 instances as prone to have a drug misuse demise as these within the least disadvantaged areas. This ratio has widened over the previous 20 years.”
Of those that died from drug misuse in Scotland as a complete, 65 per cent had been aged between 35 and 54 and greater than 70 per cent had been males.
In 93 per cent of circumstances, a couple of drug was discovered to be current within the physique.
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