New report from the Wales Centre for Health. Packed full of charts and statistics relating to alcohol consumption in Wales and the effects of this on health and crime. The trend in alcohol related hospital admission rates is upwards. Already, this accounts for 1.5% of all hospital admissions in Wales. In 2007-08, around 1,600 young people aged under 19 were referred for treatment of alcohol misuse.
Read the report here.
Tags: Alcohol misuse, binge drinking, Wales
