1. Local Alcohol Profiles for England
Responsible statistician and product lead: Mark Cook
For queries relating to this document, please contact:
February 2019

2. Background
The Local Alcohol Profiles for England provide information for local government, health organisations, commissioners and other agencies to monitor the impact of alcohol on local communities, and to monitor the services and initiatives that have been put in place to prevent and reduce the harmful impact of alcohol.
The indicators are split into 7 domains;
Mortality Alcohol Related Conditions
Hospital Admissions Other Impacts
Hospital Admissions by Age-Group Treatment
Consumption and Availability
They are updated quarterly in February, May, August and November (provided new data are available).
A list of indicators updated, for the most recent and previous releases can be found in the Local Alcohol Profiles for England collection within
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3. Front page 1 Click here to enter the profiles and see the data
Latest updates are summarised on the front page
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4. Domains
Can choose to view a list of key indicators or select from 7 domains
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5. Overview
RAG charts highlight significant differences from the England average
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6. Compare indicators Choose 2 indicators to compare on scatterplot
Hover on a point to show the values
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7. Map England map showing RAG as per overview
Chart below ranks the selected area type and shows the values and confidence intervals
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8. Trend Can show or hide confidence intervals on chart
Table of values show data for selected County & UA, corresponding region and England
Comparison of selected area with England trend
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9. Compare areas Look at recent trend data
Compare against areas in same region
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10. Inequalities data – England only
Chart identifies England value when all groups are included
Available inequalities breakdowns shown on right hand side
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11. Definitions and Download
Details of why the indicator is included in the profiles, data sources, methodology, caveats, notes and links can be found in the ‘Definitions’ tab
The data for all indicators and time periods can be downloaded into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet including confidence intervals
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12. Survey datasets we use for alcohol
Health Survey for England
Annual household survey, 8k adults surveyed each year
Questions on usual drinking and drinking on the heaviest drinking day in the previous week
Can combine alcohol consumption data with information about other risk factors, health conditions and a wide range of demographic information
ONS Opinion survey
Annual GB survey, 8k adults surveyed
Asks questions about drinking on the heaviest drinking day in the previous week
Long running time series is available
Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
Runs every 7 years (last survey was 2014)
7500 adults in England surveyed
Questions include the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and enable estimates to be produced of alcohol dependence.
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