North East alcohol profiles to be published tomorrow
The Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE 2010) are set to be published tomorrow (Wednesday, September 1) by the North West Public Health Observatory. The profiles contain 23 alcohol related indicators for every local authority and 24 for every primary care trust in England.
We’ve received the Observatory’s media release, which is under strict media embargo until 00.01 hours on Wednesday, September 1 and reports the following statistics (which will be of interest):
- Two thirds (65%) of all the local authorities suffering the highest levels of overall harms are in the North West and North East regions of England. The ten local authority areas with the highest levels of combined alcohol-related harm are, in descending order, Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Rochdale, Tameside, Islington, Middlesbrough, Halton, Oldham and Blackpool.
- Across England, there were 415,059 recorded crimes attributable to alcohol in 2009/10; equivalent to 8.1 crimes per 1,000 population. The highest rates of alcohol-attributable crime occur in the London region where there were 12.2 crimes per 1,000 residents, although this has decreased by 2.1% from the previous year. The lowest rate is in the North East region at 6.2 crimes per 1,000 which also showed the largest decrease (13.5%) from the previous year.
Other data to be aware of includes:
- North Tyneside and Hartlepool are in the top five of local authorities for months of life lost attributable to alcohol.
- Darlington is in the top five for alcohol specific hospital admissions under 18 years old.
- Newcastle (second highest) and Middlesbrough are both in the top five for hospital admissions for alcohol related harm.