A briefing on alcohol in the East MidlandsThe purpose of this briefing is to review the available information on the impact of alcohol in the East Midlands in order to identify gaps in information, preventive and care services. The introductory section provides useful terminology (defining alcohol units, and the different types of drinking: sensible, binge, hazardous, harmful and dependent). Alcohol consumption and misuse section outlines data on alcohol consumption in the East Midlands, and make comparisons between regional and national data, while examining variation within the region. There are sections on Alcohol related morbidity and mortality (looking at a variety of indicators for the East Midlands, alcohol related hospital admissions and mortality due to liver cirrhosis), Young people and alcohol (including prevalence estimates of underage drinking at a national level, and under-age sales; and the progress of East Midlands’ schools to reaching National Healthy Schools Standard) and the Impact of alcohol on crime (indicators such as road safety, public disorder and domestic violence) all placed in the East Midlands context.
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| Rights | © East Midlands Public Health Observatory (EMPHO) |
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| | Publication date | 13 Oct 2006 | | Creator(s) | East Midlands Public Health Observatory, Regional Public Health Group East Midlands |
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