Report: Statistics on Alcohol, England, 2015 – HSCIC annual report

An annual report that examines the current sources of data on alcohol has been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Statistics on Alcohol, England, 2015 acts as a reference point for health issues relating to alcohol use and misuse, providing information obtained from a number of sources. The report contains previously published information and also includes additional new analyses.

It covers topics such as:

  • drinking habits and behaviours among adults (aged 16 and over) and school children (aged 11 to 15)
  • knowledge and attitudes to alcohol
  • geographic patterns of alcohol consumption
  • drinking-related ill health and mortality
  • alcohol-related admissions to hospital
  • prescribing
  • alcohol-related costs.

New statistics are included on alcohol related hospital admissions, which are presented nationally and at local authority level.

*Regional statistics are included within this report

The report can be viewed at: http://www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/alcohol15