Alcohol Facts

• 40% of people admitted to A&E in hospitals (Accident and Emergency) are due to alcohol related injuries or illness. Between midnight and 5am that figure rises to 70% (NHS Clinical Knowledge Studies)
• Alcohol related accidents are the biggest single cause of accidents in the home, with 4000 fatal domestic accidents per year, and 2,600,000 accidents that required treatment at A&E per year, and millions more minor accidents. (lbid)
• A third of all fires are caused by people who are under the influence of alcohol. There were 270 people killed in fires in 2007/2008 which a third were alcohol related deaths. (Glucksman, E, 1994 ‘Alcohol and accidents’, British Medical Bulletin no. 50, pp. 76-84)

Facts Continued

• A frightening thought, but alcohol kills more people in a 12 month period than Heroin, Ecstasy, Cocaine, Crack Cocaine and methadone put together. (NHS figures, 2008)
• According to the NHS figures 2008, more than 30,000 people a year die from alcohol related illness. That’s over 80 people a day, everyday. (NHS figures, 2008)
• 40% of men (2 out of every 5) drink more than their recommended daily limit, while a quarter of men drink twice the daily limit. (NHS Information centre – Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2008)
• 50% of domestic violence can be attributed to alcohol. (Home office figures, 2007)
• 40% of child abuse is committed whilst under the influence of alcohol. (Home office figures, 2007)
• 60% of A&E patients are there due to alcohol related problems. (Home office figures, 2007)
• Drink Driving: 12 people die every week due to drinking and driving related accidents. (Government figures, 2008)
• Alcohol Facts related falling accidents: 22% male and 14% female had falls under the age of 65. 12% male and 4% female had falls over the age of 65. (Alcohol Attributable Fractions for England)
• NHS figures for 2008 show that 1,000 young people a week suffered facial injuries due to a drunken assault. Most happened on a Friday or Saturday night after 10.00pm. (NHS figures, 2008)