FACT SHEET TWO

    SOCIAL COSTS OF     ALCOHOL MISUSE (199O PRICES)

1.    THE SOCIAL COST TO INDUSTRY                                   £M

a) Sickness absence                                                                   964.37

b) Housework Services                                                                 64.78

c) Unemployment                                                                          222.23

d) Premature deaths                                                                    870.76

Total                                                                                         2122.14        

2. SOCIAL COSTS TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 

a) Psychiatric hospitals, inpatient costs (alcohol psychosis,

     alcohol dependence syndrome, non-dependent alcohol use)               26.51

b) Non-psychiatric hospitals, inpatient costs (alcohol 

    dependence syndrome, alcoholic cirrhosis and liver disease)               10.64

c) Other alcohol-related inpatient costs                                     109.41

d) General Practice Costs                                                               2.79

Total                                                                                             149.35

3. SOCIETY'S RESPONSE TO ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS

a) Expenditure by National Alcohol bodies                                      0.44

b) Research                                                                                         0.80

Total                                                                                                  1.24

4. SOCIAL COST OF MATERIAL DAMAGE

a) Road Traffic Accidents                                                              138.62

Total                                                                                              138.62

5. SOCIAL COST OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE

a) Police involvement in traffic offences (excluding Road                     

     Traffic Accidents)                                                                                  6.53

b) Police (including

     judiciary and insurance administration)                                                  19.36

c) Drink related court cases                                                               24.18

Total                                                                                                   50.07