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Doyle, Anne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2776-3476 (2024) Alcohol-related statistics, Ireland.

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This file collates published, and previously unpublished information on alcohol-related statistics and is updated when new information becomes available.

Tables and figures:
Table 1: Annual per capita alcohol use in Ireland based on Revenue breakdown of volume of alcohol sold
Figure 1: Annual per capita alcohol use in Ireland based on Revenue breakdown of volume of alcohol sold
Table 2: Market share of alcohol products sold  based on Revenue breakdown of volume of total alcohol sold
Figure 2: Market share of alcohol products sold  based on Revenue breakdown of volume of total alcohol sold
Table 3a: Number of patients and number of prescriptions dispensed through the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) for alcohol-related medications
Table 3b: Ingredient cost and total cost of alcohol-related medications dispensed through the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS)
Figure 3: Number of patients prescribed alcohol-related medications through the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS), 2012-2022
Table 4: Alcohol attributable deaths as recorded on the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI)
Figure 4: Alcohol attributable deaths as recorded on the National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI), by sex, 2008-2017
Table 5: Number of cases receiving treatment for alcohol use as recorded on the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS)*
Figure 5: Number of cases receiving treatment for alcohol use as recorded on the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS)*
Table 6: Number of discharges from Irish hospitals with an alcohol-related diagnosis as recorded on the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) scheme, by sex, mean/median length of stay and number of bed days
Figure 6: Total number of discharges from Irish hospitals with an alcohol-related diagnosis as recorded on the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) scheme
Table 7: Number of admissions to psychiatric hospitals with an alcohol-related diagnosis as recorded on the National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS)
Figure 7: Number of admissions to psychiatric hospitals with an alcohol-related diagnosis, by sex, as recorded on the National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS)
Table 8: Number of alcohol-related crime incidents recorded on the Police Using Leading Systems Effectively (PULSE) system
Figure 8: Number of alcohol-related crime incidents recorded on the Police Using Leading Systems Effectively (PULSE) system
Table 9: Number of liquor licences issued/renewed annually by Revenue

Example table:

Table 5a Number of patients and number of prescriptions dispensed through the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) for alcohol-related medications
  2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Antabuse     
Number of prescriptions  6,783 6,266 5,292 5,226 5,020 4,873 4,842 5,070 4,786 4,668 4,635 1,811 948
Number of patients 1,637 1,598 1,401 1,372 1,310 1,200 1,215 1,220 1,047 1,025 1,043 615 296
Naltrexone Hydrochloride    
Number of prescriptions <5 30 57 71 136 137 595 1,129 1,180 1,285 1,257 1,857 1,316
Number of patients <5 10 16 24 37 44 191 280 258 247 218 307 293
Campral    
Number of prescriptions 2,404 2,232 2,044 2,047 2,238 2,304 2,132 2,033 2,204 2,263 2,221 3,213 3,936
Number of patients 502 469 456 460 508 515 491 454 473 465 496 737 822
Librium    
Number of prescriptions 40,976 36,582 32,766 30,874 30,714 29,044 27,494 27,767 26,212 25,946 23,831 23,978 23,603
Number of patients 13,060 12,193 11,299 10,886 10,885 10,328 9,989 10,183 9,309 9,369 8,738 6,971 6,810
Ethylex     
Number of prescriptions  - - - - - - - - 14 88 113 166 709
Number of patients  - - - - - - - - 12 24 26 48 140
Selincro    
Number of prescriptions  - - - 1,778 1,580 1,095 786 886 666 691 770 771 699
Number of patients  - - - 982 686 457 314 310 214 218 280 239 208
Source: Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS)
https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/pcrs/online-services/ 

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