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This topic area covers statistics and information relating to alcohol consumption among adults in Hull including local strategic need and service provision. Further information relating to Alcohol Consumption Among Young People is given under Lifestyle Factors within Children and Young People. Information relating to the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption has been collected within Hull’s Health and Wellbeing Surveys and full reports are available under Surveys within Tools and Resources. A needs assessment was completed in Hull during 2023 for people with multiple unmet needs which included people who drank alcohol excessively. The report – which was finalised in 2024 – is available within Multiple Unmet Needs under Vulnerable Groups.
This page contains information from the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities’ Fingertips. Information is taken ‘live’ from the site so uses the latest available data from Fingertips and displays it on this page. As a result, some comments on this page may relate to an earlier period of time until this page is next updated (see review dates at the end of this page).
The Office for National Statistics ‘back-date’ their recent estimates of the resident population once more accurate Census data becomes available. Their revised estimates were released for each local authority on the 23 November 2023. Prior to this, the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities removed their trend data which relied on resident population estimates from Fingertips (mainly affecting trends in hospital admission rates or mortality rates). While trend data for mortality have largely been updated on Fingertips, the trends in hospital admission rates have not yet been updated (no date has been given for when this will happen). Some of the statements on our website pages have been retained with the comments relating to the trend data when it was shown on Fingertips even though the trend data is not shown, and the actual values will change (in most cases slightly) once the calculations are redone using the new backdated population estimates.
Headlines
- As well as alcoholic liver disease, alcohol consumption is a causal factor in 60 types of diseases and injuries, as well as a component cause in 200 others. As well as individual health risks, excessive alcohol consumption has significant effects on family, the community and the economy. Around 40% of all violent crimes are alcohol-related.
- The cost to society across England and Wales was estimated to be £21 billion in 2013/14 which covered external costs (treatment, crime, labour market, etc), and another estimate for 2006/07 was £55 billion which also included private costs to the individual such spending on alcohol, lawyer’s fees, human value costs from pain and grief associated with illness, disability and death. More recent estimates of the cost of alcohol on society are not available.
- For 2021/22, Hull has 770 premises licenced to sell alcohol which equates to 10.8 premises per square kilometre which is much higher than any other local authority in the region due to Hull being a city with tight geographical boundaries.
- In Hull, whilst more young people and adults are never drinking alcohol, and the majority of those who are drinking are drinking less alcohol, there are harmful levels of alcohol consumption across Hull resulting in high levels of health-related harm and hospital admissions.
- From the local Health and Wellbeing Survey 2019, 22% never drank alcohol and 34% usually drank alcohol at least once a week. Overall, 32% displayed harmful drinking behaviour by drinking more than 14 units in a week, usually binge drinking weekly and/or having a high Fast Alcohol Screening Test score.
- Around 40% or more of men aged 16-74 years and 36% of women aged 16-24 years displayed harmful alcohol behaviours as did 38% of people who worked, 34% of students and 37% of people living in the least deprived fifth of areas of Hull.
- The potential years of life that were lost due to alcohol-related mortality in 2022 were 61% higher among men in Hull, and 27% higher among women in Hull, than England.
The Population Affected – Why Is It Important?
The following video from The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (previously Public Health England) explains how ill health from both alcohol and tobacco can be prevented.
https://youtu.be/dEVguE2yOj4Alcohol consumption is the world’s third largest risk factor for disease and disability. Alcohol is a causal factor in 60 types of diseases and injuries, and a component cause in 200 others. Liver problems, reduced fertility, high blood pressure, increased risk of various cancers and heart attack are some of the numerous harmful effects of regularly drinking more than the recommended levels. Excessive alcohol consumption can also lead to fatigue, depression, weight gain, poor sleep and sexual problems.
Modelled estimates suggest that there were almost one-quarter of a million admissions attributable to alcohol that occurred in England during 2020/21.
No recent estimates of the cost of alcohol on society exist, but costs have been estimated previously and they are substantial. In 2013/14, the total annual cost to society of alcohol-related harm was estimated to be around £21 billion (£3.5 billion for NHS, £11 billion due to crime and £7 billion to the economy in terms of lost productivity). There are also significant effects on families and communities, with an increased risk of vandalism, violent crime, domestic abuse, road casualties and sickness absence from work. It is estimated that around 40% of all violent crimes are alcohol-related. The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (previously Public Health England) cite a range between £27 billion and £52 billion from a study by Rehm et al which is based on external costs of alcohol from different studies in different countries and is based on the range of 1.4% and 2.7% of national income (applied to the UK national income in 2016). The National Society Marketing Centre estimated that the total societal cost of alcohol in England in 2006-07 was £55 billion and their estimate included the external costs above (treatment, crime, labour market, etc) as well as the costs to individuals including the cost of purchasing the alcohol and human value costs such as pain and grief associated with illness, disability and death.
It is recommended that men and women do not exceed 14 units of alcohol per week, and that people who do drink up to this level spread their drinking out over the week and have several alcohol-free days. These guidelines were updated in January 2016, and the fundamental change to the recommendations was that there is no safe level of drinking alcohol.
A local Health and Wellbeing Survey was conducted in 2019 involving over 4,000 adults (aged 16+ years) in Hull. The survey asked a number of questions relating to alcohol consumption and the results are presented below. Further information relating to the definitions used in this local survey in relation to alcohol consumption and alcohol harm can be found within the Glossary. The percentages differ slightly for the different analyses relating to alcohol as there were a number of questions enquiring about alcohol consumption, and not everybody answered every question so the total number of individuals differ slightly for the different analyses.
The Hull Picture
Density of Premises Licenced to Sell Alcohol
As Hull is a city with tightly defined geographical boundaries (compared to many other cities) and as a result it has a high density of premises licenced to sell alcohol compared to all other local authorities in the region.
The figures relate to the number of premises licenced to sell alcohol per square kilometre.
Compared with benchmark
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield | North Yorkshire Cty |
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Number of premises licensed to sell alcohol per square kilometre (Not applicable Not applicable) | 2021/22 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 10.8 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 3.3 | - | 2.0 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | - | - | 4.8 | 3.2 | - |
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield | North Yorkshire Cty |
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Number of premises licensed to sell alcohol per square kilometre (Not applicable Not applicable) | 2021/22 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 10.8 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 3.3 | - | 2.0 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | - | - | 4.8 | 3.2 | - |
This is even more evident when displayed graphically.
Compared with benchmark
Number of premises licensed to sell alcohol per square kilometre (Not applicable Not applicable) 2021/22
Area |
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England | 164577 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
Yorkshire and the Humber region | 15431 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Kingston upon Hull | 770 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 12.0 | ||
East Riding of Yorkshire | 1250 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
North East Lincolnshire | 476 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | ||
North Lincolnshire | 507 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||
York | 885 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | ||
Barnsley | - | - | - | - | ||
Doncaster | 1138 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
Rotherham | 697 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
Sheffield | 1642 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
Bradford | 1372 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | ||
Calderdale | - | - | - | - | ||
Kirklees | - | - | - | - | ||
Leeds | 2655 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | ||
Wakefield | 1091 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | ||
North Yorkshire Cty | - | - | - | - |
Source: OHID based on data from ONS and The Home Office.
The number of premises licenced to sell alcohol has remained around 10 premises per square kilometre, although the figure for 2021/22 is slightly higher than this at 10.8 premises per square kilometre. For 2021/22, there were a total of 770 premises in Hull licenced to sell alcohol.
Compared with benchmark
Number of premises licensed to sell alcohol per square kilometre (Not applicable Not applicable)
Period
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2015/16 | • | 705 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
2016/17 | • | 691 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
2017/18 | • | 719 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
2021/22 | • | 770 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
Source: OHID based on data from ONS and The Home Office.
Never Drinks Alcohol
From the local Health and Wellbeing Survey 2019, 22% of residents aged 16+ years in Hull never drink alcohol. Women, people aged 75+ years and people living in the most deprived areas of Hull were the most likely to never drink alcohol. It is estimated that 208,867 people aged 16+ years live in Hull, and it is estimated that around 45,450 of them never drink alcohol. More people in Hull never drink alcohol compared to England (22% versus 18%) and also drink alcohol less frequently (34% versus 49% drinking weekly).
Drinks Weekly
Half of men aged 45-74 years, and more than four in ten men aged 35-44 years and people living in the least deprived two-fifths of areas of Hull drink alcohol at least once a week. Across all of Hull, it is estimated that 7,050 people drink alcohol every day, 10,650 drink alcohol 4-6 days a week, 54,050 drink alcohol 1-3 days a week and 46,200 drink alcohol 1-3 days a month and 45,450 drinking alcohol less than once a month. People in Hull drink alcohol less frequently than those in England with 58% of men and 41% of women in England drinking alcohol weekly compared to 42% of men and 27% of women in Hull.
Harmful Drinking Behaviour
Overall, 31.7% of all adults in Hull display harmful drinking behaviour, although there are considerable differences by gender, age, employment status and deprivation. Harmful drinking behaviour was defined as drinking more than 14 units the previous week, usually binge drinking at least once a week and/or having a high Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST) score (sum of scores based on frequency of binge drinking, failing to do what was normally expected because of drinking and been unable to remember what happened the night before because of drinking, as well as having a friend, relative, doctor or health professional being concerned about drinking or suggesting the person cuts down). Further information relating to the definitions used in the survey is given in the Glossary.
More than one-third of men aged 16-74 years and women aged 16-24 years exhibited harmful alcohol behaviours. Across all of Hull, it is estimated that 66,250 adults aged 16+ years have harmful alcohol behaviours.
It was also possible to examine the different types of harmful behaviour in more detail (percentages might differ slightly from those quoted above as some people did not answer all the questions so the number of survey responders included differ slightly). Overall, 23% never drank alcohol, 27% had not exceeded the 14 units the previous week, did not binge drink weekly and had a low FAST score (<3), 4.8% had not exceeded the 14 units the previous week and did not binge drink weekly but had a high FAST score (3+), 4.9% had not exceeded the 14 units the previous week, but did binge drink weekly and also had a high FAST score, 4.9% had exceeded 14 units in the previous week but did not usual binge drink weekly and also had a low FAST score, 2.9% had exceeded 14 units in the previous week, did not usually binge drink weekly but had a high FAST score, and 13.2% had exceeded the 14 units the previous week, did binge drink weekly and had a high FAST score.
However, the pattern of these behaviours did differ slightly among the different groups of individuals. The most common harmful behaviour was generally having all three harmful alcohol behaviours, although for young people aged 16-24 years and students, they were more likely to just have a high FAST score. Overall, 16.0% of all those with harmful alcohol behaviours had a high FAST score only (13.2% out of 30.2%) so not exceeding the weekly units or regularly binge drinking, but this was 25.2% and 45.9% for men and women respectively aged 16-24 years, and 38.9% for students. Thus if the survey had just examined weekly consumption of alcohol and regular binge drinking, these young people would not have been classified as having harmful alcohol behaviours yet they would have achieved a threshold of further investigation if they had completed the Fast Alcohol Screening Test in an emergency setting.
Modelled Admissions and Deaths Attributable to Alcohol
The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities’ Local Alcohol Profiles provide information on a number of indicators relating to alcohol. The estimated number of admissions due to alcohol are given based on modelled estimates using Alcohol Attributable Fractions (AAFs).
Much more detailed information on AAFs, including examples, is given within the Glossary. However, in brief, each admission or death is assigned a primary diagnosis code and sometimes secondary diagnosis code(s) too based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The secondary codes can relate to other diseases or medical conditions which are influential or affect treatment, but also can relate to an external cause such as a traffic accident, fall or injury. Each ICD diagnosis code has been assigned an AAF value of between 0 and 1 through vigorous research. The AAF is assigned a value of zero for ICD diagnoses codes where there is no evidence that alcohol is an influencing factor, one for wholly attributable conditions such as alcoholic liver disease, and a value between these for other conditions where alcohol is a factor (e.g. 0.16 if it is evidenced that 16% of the time alcohol is a cause of that disease or medical condition, or alcohol is a factor 16% of the time for that external cause). In most cases, the AAF values assigned to a hospital admission and a death are the same for the ICD code, but in some cases they do differ particularly the external causes. Different AAF values are assigned on the basis of the gender and age group of the individual admitted to hospital or who has died (see Alcohol Attributable Fractions for more information).
The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities use three main types of alcohol admission rates within their Local Alcohol Profiles: alcohol-specific, their narrow measure, and their broad measure. The former two are the most commonly used.
See Alcohol Specific Admissions and Deaths for the full list of diseases and conditions that fall under the alcohol-specific or wholly attributable to alcohol definition used by the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities.
The narrow definition of alcohol admissions considers all primary diagnoses codes and all secondary external diagnoses codes (such as those relating to traffic accidents, injuries and falls). The broad definition of alcohol admissions considers all primary and secondary diagnosis codes (so the same as the narrow measure but additionally any other diseases and medical conditions recorded under secondary diagnosis codes). The alcohol-specific measures only examine / use admissions where any of the primary or secondary diagnoses codes are entirely due to alcohol, that is, a condition wholly attributable to alcohol (AAF has the value of one).
For each admission, the maximum AAF is calculated over all the diagnoses codes considered for that measure (in many cases the maximum AAF for a single admission will be zero). These AAFs are then summed over all admissions over a specified period to give an estimate of the total number of alcohol-related or alcohol-specific admissions for that specific period.
Modelled Admissions Attributable to Alcohol
The rates are age-standardised and presented as the estimated number of admissions related to alcohol per 100,000 population (see Directly Standardised Rates for more information about standardisation).
Hull has a much higher rate of alcohol-related admissions using the narrow measure compared to England (26% higher for 2021/22). The rates in Hull are the second highest across Yorkshire and Humber for men, and the seventh highest for women.
Compared with benchmark
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield | North Yorkshire Cty |
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Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Persons All ages) | 2021/22 | 494 | 533 | 620 | 466 | 494 | 475 | 475 | 669 | 602 | 619 | 562 | 545 | 551 | 480 | 480 | 533 | 521 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Male All ages) | 2021/22 | 664 | 700 | 847 | 619 | 673 | 661 | 675 | 873 | 751 | 764 | 683 | 682 | 809 | 654 | 674 | 732 | 643 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Female All ages) | 2021/22 | 341 | 381 | 407 | 327 | 330 | 302 | 298 | 481 | 468 | 489 | 455 | 424 | 319 | 323 | 305 | 350 | 411 |
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield | North Yorkshire Cty |
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Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Persons All ages) | 2021/22 | 494 | 533 | 620 | 466 | 494 | 475 | 475 | 669 | 602 | 619 | 562 | 545 | 551 | 480 | 480 | 533 | 521 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Male All ages) | 2021/22 | 664 | 700 | 847 | 619 | 673 | 661 | 675 | 873 | 751 | 764 | 683 | 682 | 809 | 654 | 674 | 732 | 643 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Female All ages) | 2021/22 | 341 | 381 | 407 | 327 | 330 | 302 | 298 | 481 | 468 | 489 | 455 | 424 | 319 | 323 | 305 | 350 | 411 |
Using this modelling and the narrow measure, there were an estimated 1,502 alcohol-related admissions for alcohol in Hull in 2021/22 (1,001 for men and 500 for women). The definition of alcohol-attributable fractions have recently been revised and population estimates are been ‘back-dated’, so it is not possible to look at trends over time. However, under the old definition, the rates in Hull were consistently higher than for England.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Persons All ages)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
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England
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2021/22 | • | 1502 | 620 | 589 | 652 | 533 | 494 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
Among men, the modelled alcohol admission rate for Hull in 2021/22 was 21% higher than for Yorkshire and Humber, and 28% higher than for England.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Male All ages)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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2021/22 | • | 1001 | 847 | 795 | 902 | 700 | 664 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
Among women, the modelled alcohol admission rate for Hull in 2021/22 was 7% higher than for Yorkshire and Humber, and 19% higher than for England.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) (Female All ages)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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2021/22 | • | 500 | 407 | 372 | 445 | 381 | 341 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
Using the broad measure for hospital admissions, the rate in Hull is also much higher than England, and among the highest across Yorkshire and Humber for 2021/22.
Compared with benchmark
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield | North Yorkshire Cty |
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Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Persons All ages) | 2021/22 | 1734 | 1760 | 1995 | 1519 | 1971 | 1798 | 1911 | 2451 | 1786 | 2362 | 1655 | 1925 | 1781 | 1609 | 1441 | 1658 | 1661 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Male All ages) | 2021/22 | 2682 | 2678 | 2988 | 2318 | 3010 | 2831 | 2913 | 3761 | 2618 | 3536 | 2458 | 2931 | 2821 | 2530 | 2227 | 2543 | 2470 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Female All ages) | 2021/22 | 906 | 955 | 1094 | 811 | 1051 | 877 | 1075 | 1289 | 1051 | 1319 | 960 | 1055 | 873 | 802 | 764 | 881 | 951 |
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield | North Yorkshire Cty |
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Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Persons All ages) | 2021/22 | 1734 | 1760 | 1995 | 1519 | 1971 | 1798 | 1911 | 2451 | 1786 | 2362 | 1655 | 1925 | 1781 | 1609 | 1441 | 1658 | 1661 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Male All ages) | 2021/22 | 2682 | 2678 | 2988 | 2318 | 3010 | 2831 | 2913 | 3761 | 2618 | 3536 | 2458 | 2931 | 2821 | 2530 | 2227 | 2543 | 2470 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Female All ages) | 2021/22 | 906 | 955 | 1094 | 811 | 1051 | 877 | 1075 | 1289 | 1051 | 1319 | 960 | 1055 | 873 | 802 | 764 | 881 | 951 |
While it is not possible to examine trends in the estimated number of hospital admissions attributable to alcohol using this broad measure, under the old definition, the rate of admissions had been decreasing in Hull between 2016/17 and 2020/21, although the rate of decrease had been slower among women compared to men.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Persons All ages)
Period
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2021/22 | • | 4697 | 1995 | 1938 | 2053 | 1760 | 1734 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Male All ages)
Period
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England
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2021/22 | • | 3369 | 2988 | 2886 | 3093 | 2678 | 2682 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad) (Female All ages)
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England
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2021/22 | • | 1328 | 1094 | 1035 | 1154 | 955 | 906 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
The alcohol-specific number of admissions for Hull is also high in 2021/22, being 32% higher than England. The rates are among the highest across the Yorkshire and Humber region for both men and women.
Compared with benchmark
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | North Yorkshire UA | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield |
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Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Persons All ages) | 2021/22 | 626 | 644 | 826 | 460 | 684 | 544 | 770 | 574 | 965 | 601 | 1017 | 540 | 648 | 707 | 556 | 643 | 603 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Male All ages) | 2021/22 | 879 | 890 | 1132 | 611 | 946 | 787 | 981 | 775 | 1377 | 777 | 1487 | 743 | 917 | 1038 | 822 | 872 | 811 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Female All ages) | 2021/22 | 390 | 412 | 526 | 317 | 437 | 314 | 579 | 386 | 573 | 433 | 578 | 349 | 396 | 400 | 305 | 431 | 404 |
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | North Yorkshire UA | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield |
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Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Persons All ages) | 2021/22 | 626 | 644 | 826 | 460 | 684 | 544 | 770 | 574 | 965 | 601 | 1017 | 540 | 648 | 707 | 556 | 643 | 603 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Male All ages) | 2021/22 | 879 | 890 | 1132 | 611 | 946 | 787 | 981 | 775 | 1377 | 777 | 1487 | 743 | 917 | 1038 | 822 | 872 | 811 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Female All ages) | 2021/22 | 390 | 412 | 526 | 317 | 437 | 314 | 579 | 386 | 573 | 433 | 578 | 349 | 396 | 400 | 305 | 431 | 404 |
Trends are not currently shown on Fingertips, but the rates in Hull have been quite variable with the rate lowest in 2008/09 with 614 admissions per 100,000 population increasing to a peak in 2011/12 with 1,011 admissions per 100,000 population before falling back in 2015/16 to similar levels observed in 2009/10 with 733 admissions per 100,000 population. The rate increased again to 906 admissions per 100,000 population in 2017/18, but then decreased for two years, increasing between 2019/20 and 2020/21 before decreasing in 2021/22. In 2021/22, there were 826 admissions per 100,000 population, and 2,020 admissions in total.
The admission rate in Hull increased by 35% between 2008/09 and 2021/22.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Persons All ages)
Period
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2021/22 | • | 2018 | 826 | 790 | 863 | 644 | 626 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
The pattern over time was similar for men as it was for men and women combined. In 2021/22 the alcohol-specific admission rate for men in Hull (1,131 per 100,000 population) was 27% higher than for Yorkshire and Humber, and 28% higher than for England.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Male All ages)
Period
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England
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2021/22 | • | 1374 | 1132 | 1072 | 1194 | 890 | 879 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
The pattern over time was also similar for women as it was for men and women combined. In 2021/22 the alcohol-specific admission rate for women in Hull (527 per 100,000 population) was 28% higher than for Yorkshire and Humber, and 35% higher than for England.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions (Female All ages)
Period
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England
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Value
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95%
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2021/22 | • | 644 | 526 | 486 | 569 | 412 | 390 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
Fingertips also gives the admission rate for alcohol-specific conditions among the under 18s. The rates are not age-standardised but are given as the estimated number of alcohol-related admissions per 100,000 population. Further information relating to Alcohol Consumption Among Young People is given under Lifestyle Factors within Children and Young People.
The admission rate for alcohol-specific conditions among the under 18s is high for Hull males being more than twice the rate in England for the period 2018/19 to 2020/21. The admission rate among Hull females aged under 18 years is similar to the rate for England.
Compared with benchmark
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | North Yorkshire UA | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield |
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Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s (Male <18 yrs) | 2018/19 - 20/21 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 49.7 | 15.7 | 19.5 | 28.5 | 18.4 | 33.9 | 45.8 | 25.3 | 11.5 | 14.4 | 23.1 | 28.7 | 13.2 | 21.1 | 22.4 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s (Female <18 yrs) | 2018/19 - 20/21 | 36.9 | 31.8 | 35.0 | 22.5 | 40.7 | 19.7 | 38.8 | 45.1 | 68.7 | 26.5 | 24.0 | 21.2 | 35.7 | 45.0 | 24.3 | 28.3 | 28.3 |
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | North Yorkshire UA | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield |
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Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s (Male <18 yrs) | 2018/19 - 20/21 | 23.3 | 23.8 | 49.7 | 15.7 | 19.5 | 28.5 | 18.4 | 33.9 | 45.8 | 25.3 | 11.5 | 14.4 | 23.1 | 28.7 | 13.2 | 21.1 | 22.4 |
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s (Female <18 yrs) | 2018/19 - 20/21 | 36.9 | 31.8 | 35.0 | 22.5 | 40.7 | 19.7 | 38.8 | 45.1 | 68.7 | 26.5 | 24.0 | 21.2 | 35.7 | 45.0 | 24.3 | 28.3 | 28.3 |
For males and females, the rate in Hull was highest in 2006/07-2008/09 and was significantly higher than England, but the admission rate fell quite dramatically between 2006/07-2008/09 and 2013/14-2015/16. The fall in Hull was at a faster rate than England thus decreasing the inequalities gap. Indeed, in 2013/14-2015/16, the alcohol-specific rate in Hull was slightly lower than the rate in England. However, since then, the rate in Hull has increased for three years then decreased for the most recent two years. Whilst the rate is considerably lower for the latest period 2018/19-2020/21 than it was in 2006/07-2008/09, it is currently 17% above the lowest admission rate during 2013/14-2015/16.
Over the three year period, there were 45 such admissions for males and 30 admissions for females.
Compared with benchmark
The pattern among men follows a similar pattern to that observed for males and females combined, although the recent increases since 2013/14-2015/16 are greater.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s (Male <18 yrs)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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Value
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2018/19 - 20/21 | • | 45 | 49.7 | 34.4 | 64.0 | 23.8 | 23.3 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
For women, the rate also decreased considerably between 2006/07-2008/09 and 2013/14-2015/16, but since then the rate has remained relatively similar to the admission rate for England (albeit slightly higher for 2016/17-2018/19). The latest rate for 2018/19-2020/21 for Hull is not statistically significantly different when compared with England.
Compared with benchmark
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s (Female <18 yrs)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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Value
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95%
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2018/19 - 20/21 | • | 30 | 35.0 | 22.7 | 48.6 | 31.8 | 36.9 |
Source: OHID using NHS England Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid year population estimates.
Modelled Deaths Attributable to Alcohol
Fingertips also provides information on alcohol-specific and alcohol-related mortality using the Alcohol Attributable Fractions.
The alcohol-specific mortality counts all deaths where the underlying cause or any of the secondary causes of death are a wholly alcohol attributable condition such as alcoholic myopathy, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, alcoholic liver disease, alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis, ethanol poisoning, etc. A full list of conditions is given under Alcohol Specific Admissions and Deaths.
The alcohol-related mortality counts all the alcohol-specific deaths but also sums the AAF values for all the other deaths based on the diagnosis code related to the underlying cause of death. Further information relating to the definition of alcohol-related mortality can be found under Alcohol Attributable Fractions.
These mortality rates are also age-standardised and presented as the estimated number of alcohol-specific or alcohol-related deaths per 100,000 population (see Directly Standardised Rates for more information about standardisation).
For 2022, the alcohol-related mortality rate in Hull was higher than England but not significantly so for women, but it was statistically significantly higher in Hull compared to England for men. The rate in Hull was the highest across the region for men, and the third highest for women in 2022.
Compared with benchmark
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield | North Yorkshire Cty |
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Alcohol-related mortality (Persons All ages) | 2022 | 39.7 | 43.8 | 54.3 | 35.3 | 46.5 | 44.7 | 46.0 | 47.0 | 51.9 | 42.0 | 40.8 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 44.4 | 41.1 | 46.9 | - |
Alcohol-related mortality (Male All ages) | 2022 | 60.3 | 64.7 | 81.8 | 54.6 | 68.6 | 67.5 | 68.4 | 71.6 | 73.7 | 63.7 | 55.3 | 76.0 | 75.9 | 65.0 | 62.0 | 66.1 | - |
Alcohol-related mortality (Female All ages) | 2022 | 22.0 | 25.6 | 28.6 | 18.9 | 26.6 | 24.5 | 26.7 | 25.4 | 32.5 | 22.6 | 28.3 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 26.5 | 23.4 | 30.2 | - |
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield | North Yorkshire Cty |
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Alcohol-related mortality (Persons All ages) | 2022 | 39.7 | 43.8 | 54.3 | 35.3 | 46.5 | 44.7 | 46.0 | 47.0 | 51.9 | 42.0 | 40.8 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 44.4 | 41.1 | 46.9 | - |
Alcohol-related mortality (Male All ages) | 2022 | 60.3 | 64.7 | 81.8 | 54.6 | 68.6 | 67.5 | 68.4 | 71.6 | 73.7 | 63.7 | 55.3 | 76.0 | 75.9 | 65.0 | 62.0 | 66.1 | - |
Alcohol-related mortality (Female All ages) | 2022 | 22.0 | 25.6 | 28.6 | 18.9 | 26.6 | 24.5 | 26.7 | 25.4 | 32.5 | 22.6 | 28.3 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 26.5 | 23.4 | 30.2 | - |
There has been a relatively recent change to the way alcohol attributable fractions are defined, and the trends have been updated to reflect the new definition, so will appear different to those published previously. There has been a degree of year -on-year variability in the alcohol-related mortality rate in Hull for men and women combined, although the rate has consistently increased since 2018. In 2022, there were an estimated 128 deaths among Hull men and women that were related to alcohol.
Compared with benchmark
Alcohol-related mortality (Persons All ages)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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Value
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2016 | • | 103 | 46.1 | 37.5 | 56.0 | 37.8 | 36.3 |
2017 | • | 115 | 50.7 | 41.7 | 61.0 | 40.2 | 36.6 |
2018 | • | 93 | 41.7 | 33.6 | 51.2 | 38.3 | 36.6 |
2019 | • | 106 | 46.3 | 37.9 | 56.1 | 40.8 | 36.5 |
2020 | • | 115 | 50.1 | 41.3 | 60.2 | 41.3 | 37.9 |
2021 | • | 119 | 51.3 | 42.5 | 61.5 | 41.9 | 38.5 |
2022 | • | 128 | 54.3 | 45.3 | 64.7 | 43.8 | 39.7 |
Source: Calculated by OHID: Population Health Analysis (PHA) team from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Death Extract Public Health Mortality File and ONS Mid Year Population Estimates.
In 2022, there were an estimated 94 deaths among Hull men that were related to alcohol. The rate of alcohol-related deaths in Hull in 2021 was 36% higher than for England, a statistically significant difference.
Compared with benchmark
Alcohol-related mortality (Male All ages)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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Count
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Value
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95%
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95%
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2016 | • | 72 | 68.8 | 53.3 | 87.2 | 58.1 | 56.0 |
2017 | • | 88 | 82.3 | 65.5 | 102.0 | 62.0 | 56.6 |
2018 | • | 67 | 63.3 | 48.7 | 80.9 | 58.9 | 56.8 |
2019 | • | 77 | 70.5 | 55.2 | 88.6 | 62.9 | 56.3 |
2020 | • | 84 | 77.7 | 61.5 | 96.8 | 62.7 | 57.8 |
2021 | • | 87 | 76.7 | 61.1 | 95.1 | 63.0 | 58.3 |
2022 | • | 94 | 81.8 | 65.8 | 100.5 | 64.7 | 60.3 |
Source: Calculated by OHID: Population Health Analysis (PHA) team from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Death Extract Public Health Mortality File and ONS Mid Year Population Estimates.
In 2022, there were an estimated 33 deaths among Hull women that were related to alcohol. The rate of alcohol-related deaths in Hull was higher than England, but the difference was not statistically significant.
Compared with benchmark
Alcohol-related mortality (Female All ages)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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Value
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2016 | • | 30 | 26.4 | 17.8 | 37.5 | 20.5 | 19.5 |
2017 | • | 26 | 22.2 | 14.5 | 32.7 | 21.4 | 19.7 |
2018 | • | 26 | 22.3 | 14.5 | 32.6 | 20.5 | 19.4 |
2019 | • | 28 | 24.7 | 16.5 | 35.5 | 21.6 | 19.5 |
2020 | • | 31 | 26.0 | 17.6 | 36.9 | 22.7 | 20.9 |
2021 | • | 32 | 28.1 | 19.2 | 39.6 | 23.4 | 21.3 |
2022 | • | 33 | 28.6 | 19.7 | 40.0 | 25.6 | 22.0 |
Source: Calculated by OHID: Population Health Analysis (PHA) team from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Death Extract Public Health Mortality File and ONS Mid Year Population Estimates.
For 2017-19, the alcohol-specific mortality rate in Hull was 30% higher than England and statistically significantly higher.
During the three year period 2017-19, there were 99 deaths among men and women (on average 33 per year) among Hull residents that were alcohol-specific or wholly due to alcohol.
Compared with benchmark
Between 2006-08 and 2015-17, the alcohol-specific mortality rate in Hull had mostly been increasing, exceptions being 2010-12 and 2011-13. The rate decreased in both 2016-18 and 2017-19.
Compared with benchmark
More recent data is available on Fingertips by single year. For 2022 the rate in Hull (20.3 per 100,000 population) was 16% higher than for Yorkshire and Humber, and 40% higher than for England, but was only statistically significantly higher than England.
Compared with benchmark
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | North Yorkshire UA | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield |
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Alcohol-specific mortality (Persons All ages) | 2022 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 20.3 | 12.0 | 21.3 | 16.9 | 21.4 | 13.4 | 19.1 | 21.3 | 15.8 | 18.6 | 20.8 | 21.5 | 18.2 | 15.8 | 17.2 |
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | North Yorkshire UA | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield |
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Alcohol-specific mortality (Persons All ages) | 2022 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 20.3 | 12.0 | 21.3 | 16.9 | 21.4 | 13.4 | 19.1 | 21.3 | 15.8 | 18.6 | 20.8 | 21.5 | 18.2 | 15.8 | 17.2 |
There were 49 deaths among Hull residents in 2022 due to alcohol-specific conditions.
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Alcohol-specific mortality (Persons All ages)
Period
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Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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Value
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95%
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2006 | • | 25 | 12.0 | 7.7 | 17.7 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
2007 | • | 27 | 12.0 | 7.9 | 17.5 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
2008 | • | 25 | 11.0 | 7.1 | 16.2 | 11.3 | 11.3 |
2009 | • | 40 | 17.9 | 12.8 | 24.3 | 11.2 | 10.6 |
2010 | • | 29 | 12.9 | 8.6 | 18.5 | 11.2 | 10.8 |
2011 | • | 27 | 11.6 | 7.6 | 16.9 | 12.3 | 10.9 |
2012 | • | 30 | 12.7 | 8.6 | 18.2 | 11.2 | 10.0 |
2013 | • | 29 | 12.1 | 8.1 | 17.4 | 11.9 | 10.2 |
2014 | • | 34 | 14.8 | 10.2 | 20.7 | 11.3 | 10.5 |
2015 | • | 32 | 13.8 | 9.4 | 19.5 | 11.4 | 10.3 |
2016 | • | 36 | 14.9 | 10.4 | 20.6 | 11.9 | 10.5 |
2017 | • | 39 | 16.1 | 11.4 | 22.0 | 13.6 | 11.1 |
2018 | • | 28 | 11.4 | 7.6 | 16.5 | 11.7 | 10.7 |
2019 | • | 32 | 13.2 | 9.0 | 18.6 | 13.9 | 10.8 |
2020 | • | 45 | 18.7 | 13.6 | 25.0 | 15.2 | 13.0 |
2021 | • | 44 | 18.6 | 13.5 | 25.0 | 16.6 | 13.9 |
2022 | • | 49 | 20.3 | 15.0 | 26.8 | 17.5 | 14.5 |
Source: Calculated by OHID: Population Health Analysis (PHA) team from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Death Extract Public Health Mortality File and ONS Mid Year Population Estimates
Potential Years of Life Lost Due to Alcohol-Related Conditions
The potential years of life lost (see Glossary for more information on this measure) is also available on Fingertips for males and females separately. Briefly, the potential years of life lost measures the potential number of years lost when a person dies prematurely, with more weight given to deaths at younger ages than older ages. These ‘lost years’ are then added up and standardised to provide the potential years of life lost measure.
For alcohol-related conditions the potential years of life lost in Hull in 2020 was significantly higher than for England for men (61% higher) but not significantly higher for women (27% higher), and was the highest across Yorkshire and Humber for men, the sixth highest for women.
Compared with benchmark
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | North Yorkshire UA | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield |
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Potential years of life lost (PYLL) due to alcohol-related conditions (Male All ages) | 2022 | 1211 | 1384 | 1954 | 1155 | 1504 | 1350 | 1497 | 1090 | 1652 | 1647 | 1364 | 1131 | 1617 | 1661 | 1381 | 1246 | 1509 |
Potential years of life lost (PYLL) due to alcohol-related conditions (Female All ages) | 2022 | 536 | 642 | 680 | 445 | 603 | 606 | 671 | 572 | 713 | 875 | 578 | 722 | 616 | 759 | 679 | 566 | 779 |
Indicator | Period | England | Yorkshire and the Humber region | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | North East Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | York | North Yorkshire UA | Barnsley | Doncaster | Rotherham | Sheffield | Bradford | Calderdale | Kirklees | Leeds | Wakefield |
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Potential years of life lost (PYLL) due to alcohol-related conditions (Male All ages) | 2022 | 1211 | 1384 | 1954 | 1155 | 1504 | 1350 | 1497 | 1090 | 1652 | 1647 | 1364 | 1131 | 1617 | 1661 | 1381 | 1246 | 1509 |
Potential years of life lost (PYLL) due to alcohol-related conditions (Female All ages) | 2022 | 536 | 642 | 680 | 445 | 603 | 606 | 671 | 572 | 713 | 875 | 578 | 722 | 616 | 759 | 679 | 566 | 779 |
The trends are quite variable due to the relatively small numbers of alcohol-specific deaths per year. The years of life lost due to alcohol-specific conditions among Hull men was significantly higher than England for six of the past seven years, the exception being 2018 when it was non-significantly higher in Hull.
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Potential years of life lost (PYLL) due to alcohol-related conditions (Male All ages)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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Count
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Value
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95%
Lower CI |
95%
Upper CI |
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2016 | • | 1756 | 1472 | 1131 | 1879 | 1164 | 1090 |
2017 | • | 2134 | 1756 | 1386 | 2190 | 1255 | 1100 |
2018 | • | 1518 | 1283 | 968 | 1659 | 1200 | 1109 |
2019 | • | 1949 | 1593 | 1230 | 2023 | 1302 | 1113 |
2020 | • | 1978 | 1625 | 1267 | 2045 | 1278 | 1114 |
2021 | • | 2218 | 1788 | 1402 | 2242 | 1328 | 1165 |
2022 | • | 2433 | 1954 | 1553 | 2422 | 1384 | 1211 |
Source: Calculated by OHID: Population Health Analysis (PHA) team from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Death Extract Public Health Mortality File, ONS Single Year Life Tables, and ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates.
Despite fewer alcohol-related deaths among women than men, the year-on-year variability is less noticeable for women. There was an increasing trend in the potential years of life lost among Hull women for alcohol-specific conditions compared to England between 2017 and 2020, with a decrease in 2021, and little change in 2022. Differences between Hull and England have not been statistically significant since 2016.
Compared with benchmark
Potential years of life lost (PYLL) due to alcohol-related conditions (Female All ages)
Period
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Kingston upon Hull |
Yorkshire and the Humber region
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England
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Count
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Value
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95%
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95%
Upper CI |
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2016 | • | 862 | 718 | 465 | 1048 | 500 | 459 |
2017 | • | 640 | 527 | 329 | 793 | 532 | 467 |
2018 | • | 704 | 570 | 352 | 863 | 515 | 457 |
2019 | • | 756 | 632 | 402 | 935 | 538 | 466 |
2020 | • | 884 | 732 | 475 | 1068 | 564 | 494 |
2021 | • | 781 | 671 | 437 | 975 | 583 | 514 |
2022 | • | 803 | 680 | 447 | 981 | 642 | 536 |
Source: Calculated by OHID: Population Health Analysis (PHA) team from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Death Extract Public Health Mortality File, ONS Single Year Life Tables, and ONS Mid-Year Population Estimates.
Projected Number of Residents at Risk of Alcohol-Related Problems
The Projecting Adult Needs and Service Information (PANSI) provides current estimates and future projections at local authority level of the number of people predicted to be at a higher risk of alcohol-related problems. The prevalence for different age groups and for males and females estimated from different surveys and research has been applied to current population estimates and population projections to provide estimates for each local authority.
The estimates do not take into account deprivation, and due to Hull’s high levels of deprivation, it is likely that the figures will underestimate the numbers in Hull.
Age | 2020 | 2025 | 2030 | 2035 | 2040 |
18-24 | 983 | 987 | 1,106 | 1,120 | 1,043 |
25-34 | 1,202 | 1,133 | 1,060 | 1,101 | 1,181 |
35-44 | 1,156 | 1,255 | 1,291 | 1,230 | 1,146 |
45-54 | 1,804 | 1,612 | 1,579 | 1,714 | 1,773 |
55-64 | 1,770 | 1,790 | 1,663 | 1,495 | 1,464 |
All 18-64 | 6,915 | 6,777 | 6,700 | 6,659 | 6,607 |
Qualitative Research in Hull
Local qualitative work revealed lack of understanding over what constituted binge drinking among women “Binge drinking is when you open a second bottle”, but particularly among men “Binge drinking is an all day session” and “Drinking all day and night and not going home”. There was also a general lack of understanding of alcohol units “I find the words unit very confusing”. Government guidelines were seen as ‘made up’, and most agreed that they did not understand them: “I haven’t got a clue”, although some did have an understanding.
Impact of COVID-19 on Alcohol Consumption
From the Office for Health Improvement & Disparities Wider Impact of COVID-19 on Health Monitoring Tool, the percentage of adults aged 18+ years who drank alcohol more than 14 units during a typical week increased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to consumption before the first lockdown in March 2020 in England. The volume of alcohol sales also increased in Great Britain over the course of the pandemic.
Strategic Need and Service Provision
Hull’s Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy 2022-25 provides key priorities and recommendations for preventing alcohol related harm. The Strategy has six priorities:
- Developing a Prevention and Early Intervention approach across the partnership;
- Implement a more targeted approach to support at-risk groups;
- Improving services to effectively support young people and adults with co-existing mental illness and substance use, and/or with multiple and complex needs;
- Tackling alcohol/drug related stigma to ensure people have equitable access to services and resources.;
- Developing community assets to achieve and sustain recovery; and
- Reducing the risks associated with alcohol/drug use by utilising a harm reduction approach.
The Strategy has been co-produced with partners and relevant stakeholders to ensure local integration and shared accountability. Its primary focus is preventing and reducing the harm that alcohol use has on children, young people and adults; however, it is well integrated with other strategies and local plans.
Further information is available in the Hull Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy.
It is recognised that more work needs to be done around increasing local awareness and understanding of alcohol and drug related harm, reducing acceptability of harmful drinking, managing availability of alcohol, and commissioning services responsive to the needs of groups with multiple disadvantages.
Social return on investment tools for drugs and alcohol make the case of investing in treatment programs to reduce overall crime and anti-social behaviour to reduce costs to society and the economy. It is estimated that over 4,421 crimes (90% shoplifting) were committed by alcohol treatment clients before their entry to treatment, and with an estimated 39% reduction in the number of crimes, around 1,726 crimes were prevented after treatment. The gross benefit of alcohol treatment in 2017/18 in Hull was estimated to be over £3,280,176.
Resources
Institute of Alcohol Studies. Alcohol Knowledge Centre Briefing: The Costs of Alcohol to Society, October 2020. https://www.ias.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-costs-of-alcohol-to-society.pdf
The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (formerly Public Health England), 2016. The public health burden of alcohol: Evidence review. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review
Cabinet Office, 2003. Alcohol misuse: How much does it cost?
Findings, 2015. Measuring and reducing alcohol-related harm.
Home Office, 2013. A minimum unit price for alcohol impact assessment.
Burton R, Henn C, Lavoie D, O’Connor E, Perkins C, Sweeney K. A rapid evidence review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alcohol control policies: an English perspective. Lancet, 2017; 389 (10078): 1558-80.
Rehm J, Mathers C, Popova S, Thavorncharoensap M, Teerawattananon Y, Patra J. Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alc0hol use and alcohol-use disorders. Lancet, 2009; 373 (9682): 2223-33.
Local Health and Wellbeing Surveys
The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities’ Fingertips and Local Alcohol Profiles: https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/
The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (previously Public Health England). Alcohol-attributable fractions for England: An update, 2020. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-attributable-fractions-for-england-an-update
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities Wider Impact of COVID-19 on Health Monitoring Tool, 2022. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/wider-impacts-of-covid-19-on-health-monitoring-tool
Hull ReNew Alcohol Hub. https://www.changegrowlive.org/hull-renew/alcohol-hub
Updates
This page was last updated / checked on 1 March 2024.
This page is due to be updated / checked in April 2024.