Hospitals

Emergency Medicine

Hospital Admissions

• Alcohol is responsible for 6% of all hospital admissions
  - 459,836 individuals admitted in 2005/06
  - 811,443 admissions in 2006/07
  - Rising by around 80,000 admissions a year
• Alcohol misuse contributes to 48 conditions
  - 13 conditions were wholly attributable to alcohol consumption
  - 35 conditions were partially attributable to alcohol consumption
• Areas of highest deprivation (compared to more affluent areas) have:
  - 2 to 3 times higher loss of life
  - 2 to 5 times more admissions to hospitals

Hospital Data

More more information on Hospital Admissions and local alcohol profiles see our Alcohol Data pages

To see a detailed list of statistics by condition:

• Alcohol-attributable fractions for England (Alcohol-attributable mortality and hospital admissions)
  In England, alcohol-attributable fractions (AAFs) are annually applied to Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and mortality data by the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) to provide an indication...