Long-Term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators - October 2012

Alcohol - first ever hospital admission aged under 75 years

Summary

• The level of absolute inequality has fallen since 2007, while relative inequality has remained stable over the same period.

Between 2007^[6] and 2010 rates of new hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions among those aged under 75 years fell by 20% to around 11,200 new cases in 2010. These types of admissions are more common in deprived areas - 464 per 100,000 population compared to 96 per 100,000 population in areas of low deprivation. Relative inequality has remained broadly stable over time. There has been a decrease in absolute inequality since 2007, mainly caused by a decrease in the admission rate in the most deprived decile from 583 per 100,000 population (in 2007) to 464 per 100,000 population (in 2010).

Inequalities gradient in the most recent year available

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time

Absolute range over time

Scale / Context

1. The 2007-2009 data have been revised since the publication of the October 2011 report. Data for 1997-2006 are undergoing quality assurance following a methodology improvement and will be published on the next update.