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Monday, October 22, 2007

Health Profile of England 2007


First published in 2006, the Health Profile of England provides a collation of national and regional data to provide a baseline against which people can compare data from their own Local Health Profile (LHP). The 2007 report updates tables showing regional comparisons and national trends for indicators presented in LHP, as well as a wide ranging snapshot of public health and well-being in England and a section on international comparisons.
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Chart 3.32: Pure alcohol consumed.
Following a rise in the 1970s, the level of pure alcohol consumed by adults in the United Kingdom remained relatively constant throughout the 1980s and 1990s, but is once again rising. The average of the EU-15 and the average of the EU as a whole have been declining, and the UK figure now exceeds both of these.

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Key points from regional breakdown and national time trend
• The rate of admissions to hospital for alcohol specific conditions is almost two and a half times higher in the North West than in the East of England.
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