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Dudley Strategy for Tackling Health Inequalities 2010-15

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numbers of alcohol related sexual offences remains low and the overall trend isdownwards even though there was a small increase in recorded offences in 2008/09.Local Patterns of alcohol consumptionThere are a number of accepted categories of alcohol consumption and the NorthWest Public <strong>Health</strong> Observatory has produced synthetic estimates of the number ofhazardous, harmful and binge drinkers <strong>for</strong> every local authority in England. Theestimates probably understate the extent of problematic drinking because they relyon self reporting through surveys e.g. the <strong>Health</strong> Survey <strong>for</strong> England and <strong>Dudley</strong>‟sAdult Lifestyle SurveyDefinitions of drinking levels- Sensible drinking: no more than 3-4 units a day <strong>for</strong> men, and no more than 2-3units a day <strong>for</strong> women.- Binge drinking: 8 or more units of alcohol <strong>for</strong> men, and 6 or more units ofalcohol <strong>for</strong> women on their heaviest drinking day in the past week.- Hazardous drinking: drinking above recognised „sensible‟ levels but not yetexperiencing harm. Defined as drinking between 22 and 50 units of alcohol perweek <strong>for</strong> males, and between <strong>15</strong> and 35 units of alcohol per week <strong>for</strong> females.- Harmful drinking: drinking above „sensible‟ levels and experiencing harm. Canbe defined as drinking more than 50 units of alcohol per week <strong>for</strong> males, andmore than 35 units of alcohol per week <strong>for</strong> females.- Alcohol dependence: drinking above „sensible‟ levels and experiencing harmand symptoms of dependence.Table 1:NWPHO synthetic estimates of hazardous, harmful and binge drinking in adults (aged 16+,HSE 2005)Binge drinking Hazardous drinking Harmful drinking% number % number % number17.7 (<strong>15</strong>.7,18.4 (16.9,5.2 (4.7,43,46545,25312,84020.0)19.9)5.8)<strong>Dudley</strong>PCTWest17.3 (16.3,Midlands19.6)RegionEngland 18.0 (17.4,18.6)763,43016.5 (16.8,19.8)7,278,674 20.1 (18.4,21.8)770,333 5.2 (4.4,5.4)8,027,474 5.0 (4.5,5.6)206,9622,010,856Key findings from the most recent <strong>Dudley</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Survey 2009 (<strong>Dudley</strong> PCT, 2009b)show:The proportion of respondents who are binge drinkers has fallen significantlysince 2004, from 22% to 17%. The proportion of respondents that are heavydrinkers has also fallen significantly, from 34 to 27%.1<strong>15</strong>

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