February 2023

The following indicators were updated:

Risk and related factors: 

• Domestic abuse related incident and crimes

Alchol, drug and tobacco - prevalence:

• Smoking Prevalence in adults (18+) - current smokers (APS)

Alcohol, drug and tobacco - treatment response:

• Successful completion of drug treatment: opiate users
• Successful completion of drug treatment: non opiate users
• Successful completion of alchol treatment

October 2022

The following indicators were updated:

Risk and related factors:

• Violent crime - violence offences per 1,000 population
• Unemployment (model-based)

Alcohol, drug and tobacco - treatment response:

• Adults with substance misuse treatment need who successfully engage in community-based structured treatment following release from prison

Mortality indicators:

• Suicide rate

April 2022

The following indicators were updated:

Alchol, drug and tobacco - prevalence:

• Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Narrow): Old Method

March 2022

The following indicators were updated:

Risk and related factors:

• Violent crime - violence offences per 1,000 population
• Domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes
• Unemployment (model-based)

Alcohol, drug and tobacco – prevalence:

• Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Narrow): Old Method
• Smoking Prevalence in adults (18+) - current smokers (APS)

Alcohol, drug and tobacco - treatment demand:

• Smokers setting a quit date
• Concurrent contact with mental health services and substance misuse services for drug misuse
• Concurrent contact with mental health services and substance misuse services for alcohol misuse

Alcohol, drug and tobacco - treatment response:

• Successful completion of drug treatment - opiate users
• Successful completion of drug treatment - non-opiate users
• Successful completion of alcohol treatment
• Adults with substance misuse treatment need who successfully engage in community-based structured treatment following release from prison
• Smokers that have successfully quit at 4 weeks
• Smokers that have successfully quit at 4 weeks (CO validated)

Mental health prevalence and services:

• Depressive episode: estimated % of population aged 16-74
• Generalised anxiety disorder: estimated % of population aged 16-74
• Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder: estimated % of population aged 16-74
• Emergency Hospital Admissions for Intentional Self-Harm

Mortality indicators

• Deaths from drug misuse
• Alcohol-specific mortality
• Suicide rate

June 2018

A new indicator has been added showing the estimated percentage of adults with alcohol dependence.

Feb 2018

The indicator showing prevalence of opiate and/or crack cocaine use has been updated now that 2014/15 estimates have been produced.

Dec 2017

Indicators on substance misuse treatment (numbers in treatment, rates of concurrent substance misuse and mental health treatment and waiting times) have been updated with 2016/17 data. Other items derived from other tools on Fingertips have been updated with the latest available data (e.g. successful completion of treatment indicators are updated to include 2016 data).

Feb 2017

Indicators on substance misuse treatment (numbers in treatment, rates of concurrent substance misuse and mental health treatment and waiting times) have been updated with 2015/16 data.

Dec 2016

- A new section has been added to the tool showing related mortality indicators, including deaths attributed to drug, alcohol and tobacco use, suicide rates and premature mortality among people with serious mental illness.

- Indicators have been added to the tool on i) smoking prevalence among people with serious mental illness, ii) proportion of adults with substance misuse issues engaging with community treatment upon release from prison

- Other indicators have been updated where newer data is available.

Feb 2016

- A new section has been added to the tool showing indicators around mental health prevalence and service provision in each local area.

- A 'risk and related factors' section has been added, including indicators around deprivation, unemployment, homelessness and crime at local population level.

- Indicators on substance misuse treatment have been backdated to 2013/14 to take into account the methodological changes described in January's update.

Jan 2016

- Indicators on substance misuse treatment services drawn from NDTMS have been updated to 2014/15 and have been subject to methodological changes. There will be a further update in February which will backdate these changes.

- Other indicators (smoking prevalence, alcohol hospital admissions for mental health and stop smoking service data) have been updated with newer data. Prevalence of opiate and/or crack cocaine use has not been updated as no newer estimates are available.

Dec 2014

First version released