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Reports February |
Official Statistics - Smoking profile: February 2025 update
An overview of the extent of tobacco use, tobacco-related harm, vaping use and the measures being taken to reduce smoking-related harms at a local level in England | OHID, UK
Official Statistics - Alcohol profile: February 2025 update
Update of indicators in the alcohol profile interactive tool. In the financial year 2023 to 2024, there were 339,916 alcohol-specific hospital admissions, 280,747 alcohol-related hospital admissions under the narrow definition, and 1,018,986 alcohol-related hospital admissions under the broad definition in England | OHID, UK
Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK: registered in 2023
In 2023, 10,473 deaths from alcohol-specific causes were registered in the UK, the highest number on record, but the rate of alcohol-specific deaths (15.9 per 100,000 people) decreased slightly compared with 2022, (16.6 deaths per 100,000 people). The rate of alcohol-specific deaths for males remained around double the rate for females (21.9 and 10.3 deaths per 100,000 people, respectively); this is consistent with previous years. England and Wales had an increase in the rate of alcohol-specific deaths compared with 2022. Scotland and Northern Ireland continued to have the highest rate of alcohol-specific deaths | ONS, UK
A decade long exploration of non-fatal opioid overdose 2011 to 2021 (PDF)
Non-fatal opioid overdoses remain a critical public health concern in Ireland. This report integrates data from national and Dublin-specific sources to identify key trends, high-risk populations, and service gaps. It offers evidence-based recommendations to enhance prevention, treatment, and recovery outcomes across diverse populations, from older patients facing polypharmacy related risks to younger individuals with hidden or shifting substance use patterns | Trinity College, Ireland