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01/04/2014
Over 40,000 Treated For Alcohol Abuse In Four Years
More than 40,000 cases were treated for problem alcohol use between 2008 and 2012 according to new figures from the Health Research Board (HRB).
The total number of cases increased from 7,940 in 2008, to 8,604 in 2011, then decreased to 8,336 in 2012.
The number of new cases decreased in 2012, while numbers returning for treatment increased.
The proportion of cases in employment has decreased from 30% in 2008 to 20% in 2012.
Age 16 remains the median age that people in treatment started drinking - below the legal age. This has not changed for five years (2008 – 2012).
Graham Love, Chief Executive of the Health Research Board, said: "These figures indicate the level of harmful drinking taking place in Ireland. The adoption of the Public Health Alcohol Bill, which includes the introduction of minimum pricing, the regulation of the marketing and advertising of alcohol, and the health labelling of alcohol products, should help address key areas of alcohol-harm reduction among Irish people."
(CD/IT)
The total number of cases increased from 7,940 in 2008, to 8,604 in 2011, then decreased to 8,336 in 2012.
The number of new cases decreased in 2012, while numbers returning for treatment increased.
The proportion of cases in employment has decreased from 30% in 2008 to 20% in 2012.
Age 16 remains the median age that people in treatment started drinking - below the legal age. This has not changed for five years (2008 – 2012).
Graham Love, Chief Executive of the Health Research Board, said: "These figures indicate the level of harmful drinking taking place in Ireland. The adoption of the Public Health Alcohol Bill, which includes the introduction of minimum pricing, the regulation of the marketing and advertising of alcohol, and the health labelling of alcohol products, should help address key areas of alcohol-harm reduction among Irish people."
(CD/IT)
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