Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2006

Document from the National Office of Statistics, published in July 2006, on alcohol use and misuse, examining drinking among school pupils, adults, and a survey of drinking-related ill-health, and country-wide economic costs. Among the report?s findings: 74 per cent of men and 59 per cent of women reported drinking an alcoholic drink on at least one day in the week prior to interview, and in 2004/5 there were around 35,600 NHS hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol, around two thirds of those admitted were men.