EMPHO INFORMATION RESOURCE ON ALCOHOL
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Introduction
This resource brings together a collection
of sources of information on alcohol; its use and misuse and the impact it has
on health and well-being.
Information is included on national,
regional and local policies, the prevalence of alcohol use/misuse, the cost of
alcohol related harms through health, crime and social impacts, and the need
for services, service provision and indicators/outcome measurement.
Work on this resource is ongoing and the information will be updated as new material becomes available.
Key messages for the East Midlands
In 2005 1,111 men (45 per 100,000 DSR) and 834 women (24 per 100,000 DSR) died from alcohol attributable conditions.
The total contribution that alcohol makes to the life expectancy is on average a loss of 9.5 months for men and a loss of 4.6 months for women.
The most deprived fifth of the population suffer 2 to 3 times greater loss of life attributable to alcohol; 3 to 5 times greater mortality due to alcohol specific causes and 2 to 5 times more admissions to hospital because of alcohol the most affluent areas.
Alcohol is an increasing burden on health services. In 2003-05 288 men per 100.000, 142 women per 100,000 and 52 under 18s per 100,000 where admitted to hospital for alcohol specific problems (directly standardised rates).
The proportion of people reporting harmful drinking, at 19%, is significantly lower than the English average. Whilst levels of hazardous drinking (5%) and binge drinking (18%) are similar to the English average (synthetic estimates).
On the whole the rate of alcohol related crime is lower than the national average (9.8 crimes per 1,000 population).
In 2004-06 around 300 people died due to alcohol attributable land transport accidents (2 per 100,000).
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