Alcohol

Alcohol misuse is the fifth biggest cause of death, ill health, and disability across all ages, and the biggest cause among 15–49-year-olds in the UK. Alcohol causes more than 60 medical conditions, including: mouth, throat, stomach, liver and breast cancers, high blood pressure, cirrhosis of the liver, and depression. Alcohol is also an important contributor to health inequalities: alcohol-related mortality increases with increasing deprivation and is higher in men than women.

Alcohol consumption, risky drinking, and deaths linked to alcohol increased nationally during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among people from lower socioeconomic positions and among women (Jackson et al, 2022; Angus et al, 2023). Alcohol-related illness and deaths are therefore likely to increase in the coming years.

This section provides information on the picture for Bury regarding alcohol, and how Bury compares to England and the North West. It summarises headline measures of alcohol-related deaths, alcohol-related illnesses and hospital admissions, and on measures of alcohol treatment access and success.

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