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Hospital admissions for alcohol-related harm

Thursday 01 April 2010

The Health Profile of England 2009 published today shows rising alcohol-related hospital admissions and alcohol-related deaths.

The Health Profile of England provides national and regional data, which local areas can compare against their own Health Profiles.  The 2009 data highlights rising alcohol-related hospital admissions (an increase by around 70% between 2002/03 and 2008/09, from 925 admissions per 100,000 population to 1,583 admissions per 100,000 population), and an increasing number of hospital stays for alcohol-related harm.  In 2008/09 there were 1,583 hospital stays per 100,000 population (which relates to 945,223 admissions) compared to 1,022 hospital stays per 100,000 population in 2003/04 (which relates to 569,417 admissions).  Read more.