Number and European Age-sex Standardised Rates (EASRs) of general acute inpatient and day case discharges with an alcohol-related diagnosis.
Hospital activity is data routinely drawn from hospital administrative systems across all NHS hospitals in Scotland. These data contain statistics derived from General Acute Inpatient / Day cases Records (Scottish Morbidity Records 01 or SMR01 database), which includes all inpatient and day cases discharged from acute medical specialties (all specialties other than mental health, maternity, neonatal and geriatric long stay specialties).
Data are provided on hospital stays for Scotland for financial years 1981/82 to 2016/17, and by geography (NHS Board and local authority) for financial years 1997/98 to 2016/17.
For the Alcohol-Related Hospital Statistics publications please visit the NSS ISD website
The ISD Statistical Disclosure Protocol is followed.
Quality checks are conducted by ISD. Figures are compared to previously published data and expected trends.
Quality checks are conducted by ISD. Figures are compared to previously published data and expected trends. Details of data submission issues are available on the SMR completeness webpage.
NHS Digital publish figures on hospital admissions in Statistics on Alcohol – England 2017 (https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB23940) but these should not be directly compared with published data from Scotland.
It is the policy of ISD Scotland to make its web sites and products accessible according to published guidelines. The report is available as a PDF file with dashboard content and source data linked for ease of use.
Relevant to understanding Alcohol misuse in Scotland. Statistics will be used for policy making and service planning.
National summary figures for period 01/04/1981 to 31/03/2017. Detailed breakdowns for period 01/04/1997 to 31/03/2017.
All data are revised annually to reflect any changes to analysis and to ensure the most complete information is presented. Data for the most recent financial year are labelled as provisional and may be subject to change in forthcoming publications. Minor revisions of this nature are often due to incomplete data returns at the time of previous publication.
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