Alcohol misuse is the biggest risk factor for death, ill-health and disability among 15-49 year olds in the UK, and the fifth biggest risk factor across all ages. Alcohol is a causal factor in more than 60 medical conditions, including: mouth, throat, stomach, liver and breast cancers, high blood pressure, cirrhosis of the liver, and depression.
The indicators contained within this profile were selected following consultation with stakeholders and a review of the availability of routine data. The Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE) are part of a series of products by Public Health England that provide local data alongside national comparisons to support local health improvement.
Alcohol use has health and social consequences borne by individuals, their families, and the wider community. The aim of LAPE is to 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 tool allows you to compare your local authority against other local authorities in the region and benchmark your local authority against the England or regional average.
In addition to the standard indicators, LAPE contains data for hospital admissions broken down by age and cause. These data, along with additional data, reports, method documents and supporting documents that may be of use, can be found within the Further resources section. A list of changes made to the profiles in each update from February 2017 can be found here.
Alcohol-specific admissions
Alcohol-specific admissions: <18s
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad)
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow)
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): <40s
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): 40-64
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): 65+
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for unintentional injuries
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for mental and behavioural disorders
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for intentional self-poisoning due to exposure to alcohol
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for cardiovascular disease
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for mental and behavioural disorders
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for alcoholic liver disease
Alcohol-specific mortality
Alcohol-related mortality
Mortality due to chronic liver disease
<75 Mortality due to alcoholic liver disease
To show the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality indicators are now presented as single years.
Alcohol-related mortality
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad)
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow)
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): <40s
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): 40-64
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): 65+
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for unintentional injuries
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for mental and behavioural disorders
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for intentional self-poisoning due to exposure to alcohol
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for cardiovascular disease
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for mental and behavioural disorders
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for alcoholic liver disease
Indicators calculated under the old method have been identified as such for comparison by users. These indicators will no longer be updated and will be removed from LAPE in due course.
July 2021
Percentage of adults who abstain from drinking alcohol
Percentage of adults binge drinking on heaviest drinking day
Percentage of adults drinking over 14 units of alcohol a week
Incidence rate for alcohol-related cancer
Alcohol-specific mortality
Mortality due to chronic liver disease
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s
Note: As the demand increases for statistics and data to measure the impact of the COVID19 pandemic, Public Health England is focussing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. In line with guidance from the Office for Statistics Regulation, the decision has therefore been made to suspend updates to LAPE until December 2020. We will keep this under review.
Quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
Quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
Note: An error was identified for indicators based on hospital episode statistics (HES) data which gave misleading results for areas within the South East region and East Sussex. Affected areas have been suppressed or flagged to be treated with caution. Full details can be found in the caveats section of the descriptive metadata for each affected indicator.
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries
Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
Admission episodes for intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease
Admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease
New local authority boundaries (effective April 2019) have been added for these indicators
Quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
Quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
Successful completion of alcohol treatment
Proportion waiting more than 3 weeks for alcohol treatment
Years of life lost due to alcohol-related conditions
Alcohol-related Mortality
Alcohol-specific Mortality
Mortality from chronic liver disease
New local authority boundaries (effective April 2019) have been added for these indicators
Values for combined authorities in the North East have also been updated to reflect the current boundaries
Incidence rate of alcohol-related cancer
Number of licensed premises per kilometre squared
'At a glance' summaries have been added to LAPE. The new reports have been added to the download tab and are available for local authorities, regions and England, showing the latest values and significance of the change from the last period.
Due to concerns of usefulness and future sustainability, LAPE is considering removing the ‘Claimants of benefits due to alcoholism’ indicator. Feedback is sought via the ‘Contact Us’ option at the top of this page, otherwise the indicator will be removed in the planned July 2019 update.
5.02 Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s
6.02 Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
9.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
9.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease (Broad)
9.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Broad)
9.05 Admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease (Broad)
10.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
10.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries (Narrow)
10.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Narrow)
10.05 Admission episodes for intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol (Narrow)
10.06 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Under 40s
10.07 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - 40-64 yrs
10.08 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Over 65s
1.02 Years of life lost due to alcohol-related conditions
2.01 Alcohol-specific mortality
3.01 Mortality from chronic liver disease
4.01 Alcohol-related mortality
12.01 Alcohol-related road traffic accidents
More recent data for 1 indicator:
18.01 Number of premises licensed to sell alcohol per square kilometre
12.01 Alcohol-related road traffic accidents
13.01 Incidence rate of alcohol-related cancer
New indicator - Percentage of dependent drinkers
Estimated percentage of adults with alcohol dependence (2014/15)
11.01 Claimants of benefits due to alcoholism update - Indicator not being updated at this time, this is due to the impact of some discrepancies identified with the medical condition / International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes used for Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance statistics. This has led to the temporary withdrawal of these statistics by the data provider.
Updated data for Alcohol-related hospital admissions - Statistical tables for England (formerly produced by the HSCIC) within the Further resources section of the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE)
Data, reports and documents that would have previously featured in the Quarterly data, Additional data and reports and Further information sections of LAPE can now be sourced within the Further resources section of LAPE.
5.02 Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s
6.02 Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
9.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
9.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease (Broad)
9.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Broad)
9.05 Admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease (Broad)
10.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
10.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries (Narrow)
10.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Narrow)
10.05 Admission episodes for intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol (Narrow)
10.06 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Under 40s
10.07 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - 40-64 yrs
10.08 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Over 65s
Provisional data for Q1 2017/18 now available - see Quarterly data within the Further resources section of the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE)
3.01 Mortality from chronic liver disease
4.01 Alcohol-related mortality
1.02 Years of life lost due to alcohol-related conditions
2.01 Alcohol-specific mortality
Provisional quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad and Narrow) for Q4 2016/17 are now available.
The CCG values have been updated in the quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions, broad Q1 2009/10 to Q3 2016/17 (provisional) dataset. This is due to an error being identified effecting the ordering of the CCG geogs (events and rates). We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
5.02 - Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s
6.02 - Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
10.06 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Under 40s
10.07 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - 40-64 yrs
10.08 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Over 65s
9.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
9.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease conditions (Broad)
9.04 Admission episodes for alcohol-related mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol condition (Broad)
9.05 Admission episodes for alcohol-related alcoholic liver disease condition (Broad)
10.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
10.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries conditions (Narrow)
10.04 Admission episodes for alcohol-related mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol condition (Narrow)
10.05 Admission episodes for alcohol-related intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol condition (Narrow)
13.01 Incidence rate of alcohol-related cancer
11.01 Claimants of benefits due to alcoholism
17.01 Volume of alcohol sold through the off-trade: all alcohol sales
17.02 Volume of alcohol sold through the off-trade: beer sales
17.03 Volume of alcohol sold through the off-trade: wine sales
17.04 Volume of alcohol sold through the off-trade: spirit sales
18.01 Number of premises licensed to sell alcohol per square kilometre
19.01 Percentage of adults who abstain from drinking alcohol
19.02 Percentage of adults binge drinking on heaviest drinking day
19.03 Percentage of adults drinking over 14 units of alcohol a week
1.02 Years of life lost due to alcohol-related conditions
2.01 Alcohol-specific mortality
3.01 Mortality from chronic liver disease
4.01 Alcohol-related mortality
12.01 Alcohol-related road traffic accidents
The updated profiles contain 4 new indicators:
10.06 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Under 40's
10.07 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - 40-64 yrs
10.08 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Over 65's
13.01 Incidence rate of alcohol-related cancer
5.01 Persons under 18 admitted to hospital for alcohol-specific conditions
6.01 Persons admitted to hospital for alcohol-specific conditions
7.01 Persons admitted to hospital for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
8.01 Persons admitted to hospital for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
9.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
10.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
9.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease conditions (Broad)
9.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol condition (Broad)
9.05 Admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease condition (Broad)
10.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries conditions (Narrow)
10.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol condition (Narrow)
10.05 Admission episodes for intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol condition (Narrow)
11.01 Claimants of benefits due to alcoholism
Alcohol-specific admissions
Alcohol-specific admissions: <18s
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad)
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow)
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): <40s
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): 40-64
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): 65+
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for unintentional injuries
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for mental and behavioural disorders
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for intentional self-poisoning due to exposure to alcohol
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for cardiovascular disease
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for mental and behavioural disorders
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for alcoholic liver disease
Alcohol-specific mortality
Alcohol-related mortality
Mortality due to chronic liver disease
<75 Mortality due to alcoholic liver disease
To show the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality indicators are now presented as single years.
Alcohol-related mortality
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad)
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow)
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): <40s
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): 40-64
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow): 65+
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for unintentional injuries
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for mental and behavioural disorders
Alcohol-related admissions (Narrow) for intentional self-poisoning due to exposure to alcohol
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for cardiovascular disease
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for mental and behavioural disorders
Alcohol-related admissions (Broad) for alcoholic liver disease
Indicators calculated under the old method have been identified as such for comparison by users. These indicators will no longer be updated and will be removed from LAPE in due course.
July 2021
Percentage of adults who abstain from drinking alcohol
Percentage of adults binge drinking on heaviest drinking day
Percentage of adults drinking over 14 units of alcohol a week
Incidence rate for alcohol-related cancer
Alcohol-specific mortality
Mortality due to chronic liver disease
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s
Note: As the demand increases for statistics and data to measure the impact of the COVID19 pandemic, Public Health England is focussing efforts on priority analysis and statistics. In line with guidance from the Office for Statistics Regulation, the decision has therefore been made to suspend updates to LAPE until December 2020. We will keep this under review.
Quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
Quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
Note: An error was identified for indicators based on hospital episode statistics (HES) data which gave misleading results for areas within the South East region and East Sussex. Affected areas have been suppressed or flagged to be treated with caution. Full details can be found in the caveats section of the descriptive metadata for each affected indicator.
Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions
Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries
Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
Admission episodes for intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease
Admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease
New local authority boundaries (effective April 2019) have been added for these indicators
Quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
Quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
Successful completion of alcohol treatment
Proportion waiting more than 3 weeks for alcohol treatment
Years of life lost due to alcohol-related conditions
Alcohol-related Mortality
Alcohol-specific Mortality
Mortality from chronic liver disease
New local authority boundaries (effective April 2019) have been added for these indicators
Values for combined authorities in the North East have also been updated to reflect the current boundaries
Incidence rate of alcohol-related cancer
Number of licensed premises per kilometre squared
'At a glance' summaries have been added to LAPE. The new reports have been added to the download tab and are available for local authorities, regions and England, showing the latest values and significance of the change from the last period.
Due to concerns of usefulness and future sustainability, LAPE is considering removing the ‘Claimants of benefits due to alcoholism’ indicator. Feedback is sought via the ‘Contact Us’ option at the top of this page, otherwise the indicator will be removed in the planned July 2019 update.
5.02 Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s
6.02 Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
9.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
9.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease (Broad)
9.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Broad)
9.05 Admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease (Broad)
10.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
10.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries (Narrow)
10.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Narrow)
10.05 Admission episodes for intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol (Narrow)
10.06 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Under 40s
10.07 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - 40-64 yrs
10.08 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Over 65s
1.02 Years of life lost due to alcohol-related conditions
2.01 Alcohol-specific mortality
3.01 Mortality from chronic liver disease
4.01 Alcohol-related mortality
12.01 Alcohol-related road traffic accidents
More recent data for 1 indicator:
18.01 Number of premises licensed to sell alcohol per square kilometre
12.01 Alcohol-related road traffic accidents
13.01 Incidence rate of alcohol-related cancer
New indicator - Percentage of dependent drinkers
Estimated percentage of adults with alcohol dependence (2014/15)
11.01 Claimants of benefits due to alcoholism update - Indicator not being updated at this time, this is due to the impact of some discrepancies identified with the medical condition / International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes used for Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance statistics. This has led to the temporary withdrawal of these statistics by the data provider.
Updated data for Alcohol-related hospital admissions - Statistical tables for England (formerly produced by the HSCIC) within the Further resources section of the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE)
Data, reports and documents that would have previously featured in the Quarterly data, Additional data and reports and Further information sections of LAPE can now be sourced within the Further resources section of LAPE.
5.02 Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s
6.02 Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
9.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
9.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease (Broad)
9.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Broad)
9.05 Admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease (Broad)
10.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
10.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries (Narrow)
10.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol (Narrow)
10.05 Admission episodes for intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol (Narrow)
10.06 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Under 40s
10.07 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - 40-64 yrs
10.08 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Over 65s
Provisional data for Q1 2017/18 now available - see Quarterly data within the Further resources section of the Local Alcohol Profiles for England (LAPE)
3.01 Mortality from chronic liver disease
4.01 Alcohol-related mortality
1.02 Years of life lost due to alcohol-related conditions
2.01 Alcohol-specific mortality
Provisional quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad and Narrow) for Q4 2016/17 are now available.
The CCG values have been updated in the quarterly admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions, broad Q1 2009/10 to Q3 2016/17 (provisional) dataset. This is due to an error being identified effecting the ordering of the CCG geogs (events and rates). We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
5.02 - Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions - Under 18s
6.02 - Admission episodes for alcohol-specific conditions
10.06 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Under 40s
10.07 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - 40-64 yrs
10.08 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Over 65s
9.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
9.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease conditions (Broad)
9.04 Admission episodes for alcohol-related mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol condition (Broad)
9.05 Admission episodes for alcohol-related alcoholic liver disease condition (Broad)
10.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
10.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries conditions (Narrow)
10.04 Admission episodes for alcohol-related mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol condition (Narrow)
10.05 Admission episodes for alcohol-related intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol condition (Narrow)
13.01 Incidence rate of alcohol-related cancer
11.01 Claimants of benefits due to alcoholism
17.01 Volume of alcohol sold through the off-trade: all alcohol sales
17.02 Volume of alcohol sold through the off-trade: beer sales
17.03 Volume of alcohol sold through the off-trade: wine sales
17.04 Volume of alcohol sold through the off-trade: spirit sales
18.01 Number of premises licensed to sell alcohol per square kilometre
19.01 Percentage of adults who abstain from drinking alcohol
19.02 Percentage of adults binge drinking on heaviest drinking day
19.03 Percentage of adults drinking over 14 units of alcohol a week
1.02 Years of life lost due to alcohol-related conditions
2.01 Alcohol-specific mortality
3.01 Mortality from chronic liver disease
4.01 Alcohol-related mortality
12.01 Alcohol-related road traffic accidents
The updated profiles contain 4 new indicators:
10.06 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Under 40's
10.07 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - 40-64 yrs
10.08 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow) - Over 65's
13.01 Incidence rate of alcohol-related cancer
5.01 Persons under 18 admitted to hospital for alcohol-specific conditions
6.01 Persons admitted to hospital for alcohol-specific conditions
7.01 Persons admitted to hospital for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
8.01 Persons admitted to hospital for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
9.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Broad)
10.01 Admission episodes for alcohol-related conditions (Narrow)
9.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related cardiovascular disease conditions (Broad)
9.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol condition (Broad)
9.05 Admission episodes for alcoholic liver disease condition (Broad)
10.03 Admission episodes for alcohol-related unintentional injuries conditions (Narrow)
10.04 Admission episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol condition (Narrow)
10.05 Admission episodes for intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol condition (Narrow)
11.01 Claimants of benefits due to alcoholism
