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LOCAL ALCOHOL PROFILES FOR HERTFORDSHIRE FROM NORTH-WEST PUBLIC HEALTH OBSERVATORY Ranking Alcohol related hospital admissions - under 18s North Hertfordshire 5 East Hertfordshire 11 Three Rivers 12 Watford 21 Hertsmere 41 Stevenage 50 St Albans 54 Dacorum 101 Broxbourne 105 Welwyn Hatfield 135
Persons admitted to hospital due to alcohol specific conditions (under 18s, persons), crude rate per 100,000 population. Does not include attendance at A & E Ranking Hospital admissions - alcohol-related harm (National Indicator 39) Welwyn Hatfield 9 East Hertfordshire 11 Stevenage 12 St Albans 13 Dacorum 17 North Hertfordshire 20 Three Rivers 45 Hertsmere 49 Broxbourne 107 Watford 152
NI39: Hospital Admissions for Alcohol Related Harm: directly age and sex standardised rate per 100,000 population, 2006/07
Ranking Alcohol-related recorded crime Three Rivers 64 East Hertfordshire 81 St Albans 98 North Hertfordshire 106 Dacorum 129 Welwyn Hatfield 144 Hertsmere 161 Broxbourne 199 Watford 286 Stevenage 293
Item 4 Appendix 3a Page 1 Alcohol-related recorded crimes, crude rate per 1,000 population. (NWPHO from Home Office recorded crime statistics 2007/08). Attributable fractions for alcohol for each crime category were applied, based on survey data on arrestees who tested positive for alcohol Ranking Alcohol-related violent crime Three Rivers 23 St Albans 49 East Hertfordshire 65 North Hertfordshire 97 Hertsmere 103 Welwyn Hatfield 106 Dacorum 107 Broxbourne 168 Watford 282 Stevenage 300
Alcohol-related recorded crimes, crude rate per 1,000 population. (NWPHO from Home Office recorded crime statistics 2007/08). Attributable fractions for alcohol for each crime category were applied, based on survey data on arrestees who tested positive for alcohol Ranking Alcohol-related sexual offences Three Rivers 6 Hertsmere 51 St Albans 75 East Hertfordshire 88 Dacorum 91 North Hertfordshire 108 Welwyn Hatfield 116 Broxbourne 125 Watford 209 Stevenage 337
Alcohol-related recorded crimes, crude rate per 1,000 population. (NWPHO from Home Office recorded crime statistics 2007/08). Attributable fractions for alcohol for each crime category were applied, based on survey data on arrestees who tested positive for alcohol Ranking Hazardous drinking (synthetic estimate) Hertsmere 21 Broxbourne 53 Stevenage 64 Welwyn Hatfield 76 North Hertfordshire 82 Three Rivers 101 Watford 108
Item 4 Appendix 3a Page 2 Dacorum 144 St Albans 160 East Hertfordshire 178
Mid-2005 synthetic estimate of the proportion (%) of the population aged 16 years and over who report engaging in hazardous drinking, defined as consumption of between 22 and 50 units of alcohol per week for males, and between 15 and 35 units of alcohol per week for females. (NWPHO from Health Survey for England, Hospital Episode Statistics, Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates and mortality data and the Census of Population 2001). Two local authorities (City of London and Isles of Scilly) have been omitted so authorities have been ranked from 1 to 352. Ranking Binge drinking (synthetic estimate) Hertsmere 32 Three Rivers 34 East Hertfordshire 65 North Hertfordshire 66 Broxbourne 81 St Albans 102 Dacorum 109 Welwyn Hatfield 122 Stevenage 135 Watford 168
Mid-2005 synthetic estimate of the proportion (%) of the population aged 16 years and over who report engaging in harmful drinking, defined as consumption of more than 50 units of alcohol per week for males, and more than 35 units of alcohol per week for females. NWPHO from Health Survey for England, Hospital Episode Statistics, Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates and mortality data and the Census of Population 2001). Two local authorities (City of London and Isles of Scilly) have been omitted so authorities have been ranked from 1 to 352T. Ranking Harmful drinking (synthetic estimate) East Hertfordshire 31 Three Rivers 61 Hertsmere 65 St Albans 79 North Hertfordshire 101 Welwyn Hatfield 151 Dacorum 186 Broxbourne 191 Watford 213 Stevenage 261
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Synthetic estimate of the proportion (%) of adults who consume at least twice the daily recommended amount of alcohol in a single drinking session (that is, 8 or more units for men and 6 or more units for women). Estimates originally produced for the Department of Health (2003-2005). Two local authorities (City of London and Isles of Scilly) have been omitted so authorities have been ranked from 1 to 352. Ranking % Employees in bars Welwyn Hatfield 12 Watford 33 Broxbourne 42 Stevenage 44 Hertsmere 73 Three Rivers 76 Dacorum 104 St Albans 141 East Hertfordshire 193 North Hertfordshire 241
The number of employees employed in bars (SIC2003: 5540), as a percentage of all employees. Annual Business Inquiry 2006, National Statistics, from Nomis website: www.nomisweb.co.uk). A rank of 1 is the lowest local authority value in England and a rank of 354 is the highest. The desirability of the value (what is better or worse) has not been determined.
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