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This file collates published, and previously unpublished information on alcohol-related statistics and is updated when new information becomes available.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 |
https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/pcrs/online-services/
A Substance use and dependence > Prevalence > Substance use behaviour > Alcohol consumption
A Substance use and dependence > Substance related societal (social) problems / harms
B Substances > Alcohol
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance disorder drug therapy (pharmacological treatment)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Treatment and maintenance > Treatment factors
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Hospital
L Social psychology and related concepts > Physical context, location or place > Alcohol beverage sales outlet (shop / pub / bar / nightclub)
MM-MO Crime and law > Crime > Substance related crime
MM-MO Crime and law > Substance related offence > Alcohol offence
P Demography, epidemiology, and history > Population dynamics / statistics > Substance related mortality / death
T Demographic characteristics > Woman (women / female)
T Demographic characteristics > Man (men / male)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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