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360,000 alcohol-related hospital admissions last year
New figures published by NHS Digital show that drinking alcohol was the main reason for 358,000 admissions to hospital in 2018/19.
According to the Statistics on Alcohol, England 2020, the number of admissions is six per cent higher than the previous year and 19 per cent higher than a decade ago. Alcohol-related admissions accounted for two per cent of overall hospital admissions, which is the same rate as 2017/18.
NHS Digital say that men accounted for 62 per cent of alcohol admissions, while 40 per cent of patients were aged between 45 and 64.
Other figures included in the report show that: there were 5,698 deaths specifically attributed to alcohol2 in 2018, this is two per cent fewer than in 2017; 77 per cent of alcohol related deaths happened in people aged 40 to 69; 38 per cent of men and 19 per cent of women aged 55 to 64 usually drank over 14 units of alcohol in a week; the average household spent £8.70 per week on alcohol in 2017/184; and people aged 65 to 74 had the highest average weekly alcohol spend of £10.60 a week.
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