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