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ALCOHOL THE INVISIBLE DRUG
Health
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27% of men and 17% of women drink over Sensible Limits and 21% of
men and 9% of women binge drink at least one day per week
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7% of adults in England are classed as being alcohol dependant
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Over 28,000 people were admitted into hospital with alcohol related
mental or behavioural disorders in 2002/03 with the same number being
admitted for alcohol related liver disease
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22, 000 premature deaths occur per year due to alcohol
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Alcohol related harm costs the NHS £1.7billion per year
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Relationships
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In a third of domestic abuse cases alcohol is a factor
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Marriages where alcohol is a factor are twice as likely to end in
divorce
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Each year around one million children are affected by a parent’s
alcohol misuse
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Offending
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In 44% of violent crimes the perpetrator is under the influence of
alcohol
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Alcohol related crime and antisocial behaviour costs around £7.3
billion per year in England
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Young
People
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25% of pupils in England aged 11-15 drink at least one day per week
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Employment
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17 million days are lost each year due to alcohol related problems
costing the economy £6.4 billion
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Road
Traffic Accidents
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In 2002 6% of Road Traffic accidents in England involved illegal
levels of alcohol resulting in over 20,000 road traffic casualties, 560 of
whom died |
Household
Expenditure
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In 2003 total household expenditure on alcohol in the UK was
£39.1 billion, with each household spending on average around 5.7% of their
total expendable income on alcohol
Information
taken from the ‘Statistics on Alcohol: England 2004’ document published by
the Department of Health in September 2004
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