alcohol issues. annual cost of alcohol alcohol costs the economy £20 billion a year implicated in...
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ALCOHOL ISSUES
Annual cost of alcohol
• Alcohol costs the economy £20 billion a year• Implicated in up to 40,000 deaths in England & Wales• 30,000 hospital admissions for dependence and toxic
effects• 60% A&E episodes alcohol related (80% at peak
times)• 1.2 million violent incidents (50% of violent crime)• 360,000 domestic violence incidents• Up to 1000 suicides
Cost of alcohol…..
• 39% of deaths in fires
• 15% of drownings
• One in seven road deaths
• Up to 14 work days lost per annum
• Between 780,000 and 1.3m children affected by parental alcohol problems
• Marriages affected by alcohol problems twice as likely to end in divorce
Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking among Young People in England in 2006
• 21% had drunk in the last week• 3% of year 7 and 41% of Year 11 have drunk
alcohol in the last week• Boys aged 11 - 13 years reported drinking on
average 11.9 units of alcohol in the last week rising to 13.9 units at 15 years old (8.6/13.1 in 2005)
• Girls aged 11 - 13 years old drank 8.4 units in the last week, rising to 10.9 units at 15 years old (7.9/10.5 in 2005)
Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking among Young People in England in 2006
Alcohol (Sample 8,200, 11 - 15 year olds)
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Percentage (%)
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Age (Years)
Proportion of pupils who drank alcohol last week, by sex and age
Boys (3857)
Girls (4036)
Locations
• Drinkers at home are less likely to get drunk than those outdoors
• High volume drinks (white ciders and super lagers) more likely to be consumed outdoors = increasing risks
Alcohol & Sex
• After alcohol 1 in 7 of 16-24yr olds have had unsafe sex: 1 in 5 later regretted having sex
• 1 in 10 unable to recall having sex the night before
40% of 13/14yr olds said they were ‘drunk or stoned’ when they first had sex
Alcohol & Unsafe Sex
• 75% of young people use contraception (condoms) when sober
• 59% use condoms when ‘moderately intoxicated’
• 13% use contraception when ‘strongly intoxicated’
How much is a unit?
• One unit is considered to be 8g of pure alcohol
• This is calculated by multiplying the volume of the drink (ml) by its ABV (alcohol by volume) and dividing this figure by 1000
Calculating units
1 Stella Artois 586ml can @ 8% alcohol
2 Lge glass of Shiraz 250ml @ 14%
3 Ltr bottle White Lightening cider @ 8%
4 750ml bottle Chardonnay wine @12%
5 750ml bottle spirits @ 40%