How many deaths in the NHS Lothian area were (a) alcohol and (b) drug related and, of these, how many were of people aged (i) under 18, (ii…

The total numbers of alcohol-related deaths in the NHS Lothian area, in each year from 1979 to 2007, are given in table 2 of the Alcohol-related deaths section of the web site of the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS), which can be found at this address http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/deaths/alcohol-related-deaths/index.html. The corresponding figure for 2008 is, provisionally, 168 (a number which could be revised in the coming months: the final figure for 2008 will not be available until August 2009).
The total numbers of drug-related deaths in the NHS Lothian area, in each year from 1996 to 2007, are given in Table HB1 of Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2007, which was published by GROS in August 2008 and can be found on the GROS website via this address http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/drug-related-deaths/index.html. The corresponding figure for 2008 will not be available until August 2009.
The following tables give the numbers of alcohol and drug-related deaths in the NHS Lothian area, for the age-groups and years requested, to the extent that they are available at present. GROS produced these figures by applying the same definitions as it used to prepare the tables which are referred to above.
Alcohol-related deaths in the NHS Lothian area

| 17 and Under
| 18 to 29
| 30 to 55
| 56 and over
| All Ages

1999
| 0
| 3
| 71
| 90
| 164

2000
| 1
| 2
| 91
| 93
| 187

2001
| 0
| 2
| 81
| 108
| 191

2002
| 0
| 3
| 94
| 97
| 194

2003
| 0
| 1
| 97
| 105
| 203

2004
| 1
| 4
|