Alcohol Profile: increasing risk drinking

Synthetic estimate of the percentage within the drinking population (not including abstainers) aged 16 years and over who report engaging in increasing risk drinking. Estimates were derived from a statistical model developed to estimate the percentage of abstainers, lower risk, increasing risk and high risk drinkers in local authority populations. The following data sources are used to generate the modelled estimates: Age, gender, LSOA and ethnicity were derived from the General Lifestyle Survey (GLF, 2008), a survey of private households in Great Britain; Local authority (2009 structure) and Strategic Health Authority (2004 structure) were added using LSOA code and look-ups from the relevant Standard Names and Codes (SNAC) database. SNAC is released annually, by ONS and includes information up to the end of December; Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), 2008/09; Public Health mortality file, ONS, 2006 to 2008; Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), by LSOA 2007; Mid-year 2007 population estimates: Estimated resident population by ethnic group, age bands (16-19, 20-25,…,70-74, 75+) and sex (April 2009 release), Office of National Statistics (ONS). Bespoke request for NWPHO from ONS data file produced 26th November 2010.

NWPHO from life tables for England (Government Actuary's Department)/ONS

North West Public Health Authority (NWPHO)

http://www.lape.org.uk/data.html

England

Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National

2008

2008

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Modelled data

Confidence Intervals apply As this indicator is based on modelled data, use caution if using for performance measurement and trend analysis

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