Long Term Monitoring of Health Inequalities: Headline Indicators – October 2014

Alcohol - first ever hospital admission aged under 75 years

Between 1997 and 2012, rates of new hospital admissions for alcohol-related conditions among those aged under 75 years fell by 24% to 214.6 new cases per 100,00 population. These types of admissions are around five times more common in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived. In 2012, there were 413.1 per 100,000 population in the most deprived areas, compared to 90.4 per 100,000 in areas of least deprivation.

A gradual downward trend was observed in relative inequality from 1997, which, since 2008, had begun to stabilise. However, the rate of relative inequality in 2012 reached its lowest level in the time series.

Absolute inequality has also reduced over time, despite some fluctuation, and is now at the lowest level in the time series. The reduction over the long term in both relative and absolute inequality is largely due to the fall in deaths in the most deprived areas, which have been reducing more quickly than those in the least deprived.

Inequalities gradient in 2012

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) over time

Absolute range over time

Scale / Context