Aims

To support the free and open dissemination of research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. To encourage open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

For full versions of posted research articles readers are encouraged to email requests for "electronic reprints" (text file, PDF files, FAX copies) to the corresponding or lead author, who is highlighted in the posting.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Statistics on Alcohol: England 2007 [NS]

June 26, 2007


This statistical bulletin presents a range of information on alcohol use and misuse which are drawn together from a variety of sources. The bulletin aims to present a broad picture of health issues relating to alcohol in England and covers topics such as drinking habits and behaviours among adults and school children, drinking in pregnancy, European comparisons of alcohol use, drinking-related ill health and mortality and alcohol-related costs. Government plans and recommendations in this area are also summarised in the bulletin.

The bulletin combines data from different sources and presents it in a user-friendly format. Most of the data contained in the bulletin have been published previously including information from the Information Centre, Department of Health, the Office for National Statistics, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office, Department for Transport, the World Health Organisation, and the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs.

For the first time the bulletin includes information on types of alcohol consumed by adults, whether adults keep a check on the units they consume, alcohol-related hospital admissions for adults and children presented separately and trends in reported household consumption. For children, the bulletin now includes data on drinking and substance use, and truancy and exclusion, as well as ethnicity and European comparisons.

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