Alcohol misuse: tackling the UK epidemic - London

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BMA Board of Science Figure 14 – number of persons convicted of drinking and driving in England and Wales, 1965-2005 Number of convictions (thousands) 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 Source: Statistical handbook 2007 (British Beer and Pub Association, 2007) Figure 15 – number of persons convicted of drinking and driving in Scotland, 1965-2005 Number of convictions (thousands) 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 Source: Statistical handbook 2007 (British Beer and Pub Association, 2007) 1975 1975 1977 1977 1979 1979 1981 1981 1983 1983 Alcohol misuse: tackling the UK epidemic 43 1985 Year 1985 Year 1987 1987 1989 1989 1991 1991 1993 1993 1995 1995 1997 1997 Men Women Total 1999 1999 2001 Men Women Total 2001 2003 2003 2005 2005
44 BMA Board of Science Pedestrian alcohol consumption is also associated with fatalities and injuries. In Great Britain, 72 per cent n of pedestrians aged 16 and over killed between 10pm and 4am in 2005 were found to have a BAC in excess of 80mg/100ml. 97 Research conducted by the Scottish Office Central Research Unit found that 31 per cent of all pedestrian casualties attending A&E departments in five large Scottish hospitals in 1996/97 had consumed alcohol, of which 87 per cent were male. 100 In Northern Ireland, 12 per cent of fatal and serious pedestrian injuries in 2005 were due to pedestrian consumption of alcohol or drugs. 98 The cost of alcohol misuse and alcohol-related harm The cost of alcohol misuse in the UK is substantial and can be divided into four broad categories: healthcare service costs – including costs to primary care services and hospital services (A&E, medical and surgical inpatient services, paediatric services, psychiatric services, and outpatient departments) of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality cost of alcohol-related crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour – including costs to the criminal justice system, costs to services (eg social work services), costs of drink-driving, and the human cost of alcohol-related harm (eg domestic abuse, assault) loss of productivity and profitability in the workplace – including costs to the economy from alcohol-related deaths and alcohol-related lost working days impact on family and social networks – including human and emotional costs such as breakdown of marital and family relationships, poverty, loss of employment, domestic and child abuse, homelessness and other drug use. Box 4 summarises various estimates of the costs of alcohol-related harm in the UK. n As blood alcohol levels were only available for 45 per cent of all pedestrian fatalities, these figures may overestimate the proportion of fatalities with a BAC in excess of 80mg/100ml. Alcohol misuse: tackling the UK epidemic
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2 heavier smoking, drinking and mor
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26 Summary Adolescents in the UK ar
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46 The way forward This report has
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48 Annex 1 BMA policy on adolescent
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50 References 1 Lobstein T J, James
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