Thursday 4 June 2015

News story: Alcohol-related hospital admissions decrease among under 18s

News story: Alcohol-related hospital admissions decrease among under 18s New figures from Public Health England (PHE), published today (2 June 2015), show a repeated drop in the rate of hospital admissions due to alcohol among under 18s, evidence of a continuing decline in young people’s harmful drinking.

The figures in the latest update to the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE) data tool show that nationally, alcohol-specific hospital admissions for under 18s over the last 3 years are down to 13,725. This shows a fall of 41% against the earliest comparable figures, 22,890 between 2006 to 2007 and 2008 to 2009.

However, 59% of local authorities in England (193 out of all 326 local authorities) saw a slight increase in hospital admissions in adults where the main reason for admission was alcohol. These admissions have risen by 1.3% to 333,000, up from 326,000 last year, with a larger increase seen in women (2.1% increase while for men this was 0.7%).

There continues to be large variations between the most deprived and the least deprived areas. Hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions were 55% higher in the most deprived. Public Health England

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