Parliament Workbench
Data: Motions & questions to 19 Nov 2026

Written Question · S2W-18053 · Session 2

How many alcohol-related deaths there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

Answered Asked by Christine Grahame SNP Lodged 22 Jul 2005

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related deaths there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.

The answer

Answered by George Lyon on 19 Aug 2005 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested in given in the following table.
Alcohol-Related Deaths in Scotland 1999-20041

| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004

Argyll and Clyde
| 109
| 134
| 144
| 155
| 156
| 126

Ayrshire and Arran
| 63
| 77
| 76
| 86
| 94
| 85

Borders
| 9
| 8
| 13
| 14
| 11
| 17

Dumfries and Galloway
| 10
| 17
| 21
| 22
| 25
| 22

Fife
| 46
| 65
| 50
| 68
| 52
| 56

Forth Valley
| 39
| 50
| 51
| 53
| 54
| 52

Grampian
| 68
| 80
| 88
| 73
| 75
| 77

Greater Glasgow
| 290
| 305
| 347
| 371
| 370
| 356

Highland
| 39
| 57
| 43
| 57
| 48
| 57

Lanarkshire
| 122
| 110
| 118
| 149
| 153
| 153

Lothian
| 135
| 156
| 170
| 171
| 172
| 171

Orkney
| 2
| 5
| 8
| 4
| 6
| 7

Shetland
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 6

Tayside
| 73
|

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-18053 by reference.