The number of alcohol-related finished admissions in the London boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley for each year since 2002-03 to 2006-07 can be found in the following table. Data for earlier years are not available. 2006-07 is the latest year for which data are available.
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 London borough Age Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Bexley Under 16 15 * * 30 10 20 25 7 18 16-24 38 * * 58 44 14 80 50 30 25-34 69 43 27 81 54 27 90 63 27 35-44 95 60 35 141 101 40 163 98 66 45-54 110 79 31 136 99 37 138 84 55 55-64 104 71 33 130 85 46 161 104 56 65-74 106 68 38 131 93 37 169 110 60 75 or over 168 86 82 247 128 119 282 145 137 Total 706 439 267 954 614 340 1,109 661 449 Bromley Under 16 10 * * 22 11 11 19 7 12 16-24 71 * * 101 60 41 132 80 52 25-34 106 57 49 120 72 48 121 71 50 35-44 155 87 68 196 113 83 235 138 97 45-54 199 129 70 236 158 78 283 185 98 55-64 196 136 60 276 172 104 341 233 108 65-74 228 155 73 276 187 89 349 233 116 75 or over 443 225 218 559 282 277 674 355 320 Total 1,408 870 538 1,786 1,054 732 2,154 1,303 851 Greenwich Under 16 9 * * 14 * * 20 * * 16-24 81 * * 85 * * 109 * * 25-34 107 68 39 138 81 57 167 109 59 35-44 160 103 57 206 136 71 271 185 86 45-54 154 121 33 236 176 60 297 218 79 55-64 167 119 48 215 158 57 273 199 75 65-74 136 91 45 198 144 54 266 184 83 75 or over 225 116 109 303 159 145 393 211 183 Total 1,039 708 331 1,396 952 444 1,797 1,233 564
London borough Age Total Males Females Total Males Females Bexley Under 16 31 12 19 25 9 16 16-24 85 51 34 65 42 23 25-34 96 63 33 92 57 36 35-44 162 87 75 130 77 53 45-54 163 100 63 184 120 64 55-64 187 124 63 196 141 54 65-74 175 115 60 217 149 67 75 or over 304 162 142 319 176 142 Total 1,204 715 488 1,228 772 457 Bromley Under 16 27 15 12 29 9 20 16-24 146 83 63 129 76 53 25-34 152 96 56 157 89 68 35-44 294 196 98 281 169 112 45-54 298 200 98 308 193 115 55-64 372 249 123 400 272 128 65-74 378 266 112 423 285 137 75 or over 781 394 387 808 404 404 Total 2,449 1,500 949 2,535 1,497 1,037 Greenwich Under 16 24 10 14 15 * * 16-24 115 69 46 99 * * 25-34 213 138 74 170 118 52 35-44 261 185 76 251 165 86 45-54 299 230 69 335 248 87 55-64 303 218 85 280 202 78 65-74 244 159 85 253 164 89 75 or over 407 219 188 394 205 189 Total 1,867 1,229 638 1,797 1,217 580 Notes: 1. Includes activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector. 2. Small numbers To protect patient confidentiality, figures between one and five have been suppressed and replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was possible to identify numbers from the total due to a single suppressed number in a row or column, an additional number (the next smallest) has been suppressed. 3. Alcohol-related admissions The number of alcohol-related admissions is based on the methodology developed by the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO). Following international best practice, the NWPHO methodology includes a wide range of diseases and injuries in which alcohol plays a part and estimates the proportion of cases that are attributable to the consumption of alcohol. Details of the conditions and associated proportions can be found in the report Jones et al. (2008) “Alcohol-attributable fractions for England: Alcohol-attributable mortality and hospital admissions”. 4. Emergency admissions Includes all types of emergency admission (Method of admission codes 21-28). 5. Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 6. Primary diagnosis The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 7. Secondary diagnoses As well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 13 (6 prior to 2002-03) secondary diagnosis fields in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care. 8. Number of episodes in which the patient had an alcohol-related primary or secondary diagnosis These figures represent the number of episodes where an alcohol-related diagnosis was recorded in any of the 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) primary and secondary diagnosis fields in a HES record. Each episode is only counted once in each count, even if an alcohol-related diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record. 9. Data Quality HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England. Data is also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care