This publication provides a range of information relating to alcohol use and misuse drawn from a variety of sources for England unless otherwise stated. Topics covered include: alcohol-related hospital admissions; alcohol-specific deaths; prescriptions for drugs used to treat alcohol dependence; drinking behaviours among adults and children; road casualties involving illegal alcohol levels and affordability of alcohol. The publication includes this summary report showing key findings, excel tables, technical appendices and a data quality statement. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

This publication was updated on 26 February 2020. Figures for "Non-CCG" and "Unknown" in Table 2 erroneously included hospital prescriptions. Corrected figures result in the England total being 2% lower. Figures for Commissioning Region and Clinical Commissioning Group are unaffected. See the table contents for more information. We apologise for any inconvenience this issue has caused.