Overall, alcohol consumption is falling, at the same time alcohol-related health problems are increasing. Data now suggests that rising numbers of people are now drinking at home and drinking more. Local: Latest synthetic (a statistical method for carrying estimates down to subpopulations) estimates of population aged 16+ (117,300) drinking in Poole (data from National Drug Evidence Centre and Office National Statistics 2012 ) are: Abstainers: 15.9% population 18,651 Estimate of who do not drink 98,649 population aged 16+ who drink in Poole Lower Risk drinking: 77.3% drinking population 76,256 Estimate (not including abstainers) men who drink less than 22 units of alcohol per week and women who drink less than 15 units: Increasing Risk drinking population 19,138 Estimate (not including abstainers) men who between 22 and 50 units a week and women who drink between 15 and 35 units a week. Higher Risk drinking: 3.3% drinking population 3,255 Estimate (not including abstainers) men who drink over 50 units per week and women who drink more than 35 units per week Binge drinking: 18.9% drinking population 18,645 % adults who consume at twice the daily recommended amount of alcohol in a single session (8 or more units for men, 6 or more units for women Estimation Alcohol use aged 16-24 in Poole (ONS, NDEC data) 2,488 do not drink 10,171 lower risk drinkers 2,553 increasing risk drinkers 434 higher risk drinkers 2,487 binge drinkers (these exist amongst above 3 cohorts) Estimation 11-15 year olds in secondary education in (statistics on Alcohol: England, 2012) 3,502 drunk alcohol at least once 1,012 alcohol in last week are people in Poole who regularly drink at levels that put them at risk of suffering more than 60 medical conditions, ranging from cancer to liver disease and stroke. The majority of these people will be unaware of the risks that they are taking. Alcohol Attributable Hospital Admissions in Poole: In 2009/10, 6,578 individuals in Poole were admitted to hospital either wholly or partly due to alcohol.
Overall, alcohol consumption is falling, at the same time alcohol-related health problems are increasing. Data now suggests that rising numbers of people are now drinking at home and drinking more. Local: Latest synthetic (a statistical method for carrying estimates down to subpopulations) estimates of population aged 16+ (117,300) drinking in Poole (data from National Drug Evidence Centre and Office National Statistics 2012 ) are: Abstainers: 15.9% population 18,651 Estimate of who do not drink 98,649 population aged 16+ who drink in Poole Lower Risk drinking: 77.3% drinking population 76,256 Estimate (not including abstainers) men who drink less than 22 units of alcohol per week and women who drink less than 15 units: Increasing Risk drinking population 19,138 Estimate (not including abstainers) men who between 22 and 50 units a week and women who drink between 15 and 35 units a week. Higher Risk drinking: 3.3% drinking population 3,255 Estimate (not including abstainers) men who drink over 50 units per week and women who drink more than 35 units per week Binge drinking: 18.9% drinking population 18,645 % adults who consume at twice the daily recommended amount of alcohol in a single session (8 or more units for men, 6 or more units for women Estimation Alcohol use aged 16-24 in Poole (ONS, NDEC data) 2,488 do not drink 10,171 lower risk drinkers 2,553 increasing risk drinkers 434 higher risk drinkers 2,487 binge drinkers (these exist amongst above 3 cohorts) Estimation 11-15 year olds in secondary education in (statistics on Alcohol: England, 2012) 3,502 drunk alcohol at least once 1,012 alcohol in last week are people in Poole who regularly drink at levels that put them at risk of suffering more than 60 medical conditions, ranging from cancer to liver disease and stroke. The majority of these people will be unaware of the risks that they are taking. Alcohol Attributable Hospital Admissions in Poole: In 2009/10, 6,578 individuals in Poole were admitted to hospital either wholly or partly due to alcohol.
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