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May 15, 2023
This bulletin summarises information on people presenting to services with problem drug and/ or alcohol misuse and relates to the 12-month period ending 31 March 2022. […]
May 15, 2023
This is the second publication providing the number of liquor licences in Northern Ireland. Legislation passed by the NI Assembly specified that the Department for Communities […]
November 14, 2022
Correction notice: 19.10.22: Subsequent to the publication of Alcohol-specific death statistics on 13 October 2022, NISRA identified a coding issue whereby one case was given a […]
November 14, 2022
NISRA released the annual Alcohol-specific deaths statistics for deaths registered in 2021 on alcohol-specific mortality across Northern Ireland. Alcohol specific deaths are deaths resulting from health […]
November 14, 2022
Drugs & alcohol misuse research The Probation Service commissioned a research report Informing & Supporting Change: Drug and Alcohol Misuse among People on Probation Supervision in […]
November 14, 2022
The Review highlights the market revenues – €5.555bn in 2021, demonstrating who benefits and how, only a handful of companies are monopolising the Off-Trade receipts of […]
November 14, 2022
In this bulletin, trends in treated problem alcohol use are described for the seven-year period from 2015 to 2021. The data are taken from the National […]
November 14, 2022
The impact measurement tool (IMT) is a data collection system used to assess the effectiveness of tier one and tier two drug & alcohol services commissioned […]
November 14, 2022
Overview In this seven-year period, 51,205 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem. The number of cases treated decreased from 7,546 in 2019 to […]
November 14, 2022
The report summarises information on people presenting to services with problem drug and/ or alcohol misuse and relates to the 12-month period ending 31 March 2021. […]
November 14, 2022
n 2017, the per capita alcohol consumption in Ireland equated to every Irish adult (aged 15 years and over) drinking 13.9 litres of alcohol, considerably higher […]
November 14, 2022
In 2021 the Adolescent Addiction Service worked with 50 young people and their families with a mean age of 15.5 years (range 13-18 years). In comparison […]
November 14, 2022
In most developed countries, substance use is a major public health issue, particularly among young people. Alcohol and other drug use is one of the leading […]
November 14, 2022
This report documents the sixth year of our DATMS, and it deviates from the trend reports previously produced. A longitudinal qualitative study has been completed to […]
November 14, 2022
In April 2021, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, asked the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to conduct national surveys […]
November 14, 2022
Alcohol Policy Timeline Database The Alcohol Policy Timeline Database provides access to information on major steps taken or milestones reached in each Member State in the […]
November 14, 2022
The WHO Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH) provides easy and rapid access to a wide range of alcohol-related health indicators. It is an […]
April 25, 2022
The Office of the Revenue Commissioners has published a breakdown of alcohol excise receipts and volume by quarter and by month from 2013 to 2021. Provisional […]
April 25, 2022
This annual publication presents a comprehensive analysis of health inequality gaps between the most and least deprived areas of NI, and within health and social care […]
April 4, 2022
206 defendants were referred at least once to the Substance Misuse Court in Belfast Magistrates Court. The aim of this programme was to target individuals whose […]
April 4, 2022
GDS2022, our current survey, is our 10th. In this report based on our non-probability data collected from 592,000 people completing our online survey, over the last […]
April 4, 2022
A new report on drink-driving for the European Commission looks at the progress made since 2001 EU guidelines on Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limits were published […]
April 4, 2022
Women’s Aid, in collaboration with RedC Research and Marketing, recently completed a nationally representative study of 500 young women and men in Ireland (aged 18-25), followed […]
April 4, 2022
Alcohol places a significant health burden on Ireland. Understanding the extent of this burden is an important element in policy decisions around alcohol. Data from the […]
April 4, 2022
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction coordinates the work of 30 National Focal Points that act as monitoring centres gathering and analysing drug-related […]
April 4, 2022
This report examines the standard of treatment, safety and wellbeing provided to persons in custody in Garda Síochána stations. The decision to deprive a person of […]
April 4, 2022
The State of the Nation’s Children (SONC) report provides a comprehensive picture of our children’s lives. In 2018, 69.4% of children aged 10-17 reported never having […]
April 4, 2022
The introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland in 2018 set a price floor for all alcohol sales made through licensed premises in Scotland, with […]
February 9, 2022
The Preventing Harm, Empowering Recovery was produced as a specific commitment arising from the New Decade New Approach agreement and was prioritised by the Department of […]
February 9, 2022
Almost 7,500 people (15+ yrs) took part in the Healthy Ireland Survey between October 2020 and March 2021 via telephone interview. 66% of respondents reported consuming […]
February 9, 2022
The NI Health Survey 2021/21 was conducted from June 2020 to March 2021 via telephone interview. The findings from 1408 participants showed that drinking prevalence has […]
February 8, 2022
This Kantar report commissioned by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) explores Northern Ireland take home food and drink purchases in 2016, 2019 and 2020. The monitoring […]
February 8, 2022
In 2021, the Growing Up in Ireland Longitudinal Study published a report of the 1998 cohort, which includes data on alcohol consumption. 96% of participants had […]
February 8, 2022
The dataset provides figures for net excise receipts in € millions with files for beer, cider, spirits and wine. The data are grouped at the same […]
February 8, 2022
In January 2022, NISRA released the annual Alcohol-specific deaths statistics for deaths registered in 2020 on alcohol-specific mortality across Northern Ireland. The total number of alcohol-specific […]
February 8, 2022
This is a report on in-patient and day patient discharges from acute public hospitals participating in the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) scheme in 2020. Discharge activity […]
February 8, 2022
This Public Accounts Committee report on Addiction Services in Northern Ireland highlights the increase in drugs and alcohol related deaths in the last ten years. The […]
February 8, 2022
This report provides a summary of the latest key findings from the NISRA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Opinion survey. The report focuses mainly on the attitudes, behaviours and […]
February 8, 2022
Alcohol crime is identified through the use of a ‘flag’ on the crime recording system. Its aim is to provide the number of crimes directly attributable […]
February 8, 2022
In Europe, alcohol consumption is the leading cause of liver-related mortality. Europe has the highest level of alcohol consumption per person, the highest prevalence of heavy […]
November 24, 2021
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) refers to the range of neurodevelopmental problems caused by pre-natal exposure to alcohol. The effects are diverse and impact on the […]
November 24, 2021
Online alcohol sales are experiencing rapid growth in many places, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting new laws and regulations. There are no comprehensive and systematic […]
November 24, 2021
These tables contain the latest figures for each of the key indicators of the wider social determinants of health & wellbeing set out against each of […]
November 24, 2021
This report collates data on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in England throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and compares it to data from previous years. Changes […]
July 19, 2021
The National Drug and Alcohol Survey (NDAS) collects information on alcohol and tobacco consumption and drug use among the general population in Ireland. It also surveys […]
July 19, 2021
This report presents data on activity in psychiatric hospitals in Ireland in 2020. ‘Alcoholic disorders’ is one of the indicators in the dataset. Data are presented […]
July 19, 2021
This study provides updated estimates of the global burden of cancer attributable to alcohol consumption stratified by sex, cancer site, and country, using estimates of cancer […]
July 19, 2021
In this bulletin, trends in treated problem alcohol use are described for the seven-year period from 2014 to 2020. The data are taken from the National […]
July 19, 2021
This compendium of data on men’s health in Northern Ireland is the ‘brother publication’ of a similar report card for the Republic of Ireland. The report […]
July 19, 2021
This House of Commons Library Briefing Paper of Pub Statistics presents data from various sources on the number of pubs in the UK. According to ONS […]
July 19, 2021
This bulletin presents findings from the 2019/20 Northern Ireland Safe Community Survey (NISCS) and focuses on respondents’ perceptions of crime including worry about crime and the […]
May 6, 2021
As part of the public health response to the Covid-19 pandemic, stringent restrictions on physical contact introduced by the government, required organisations to reduce one to […]
May 6, 2021
Research aimed to examine the perceptions of managers from worked based organisations regarding problems associated with drugs and alcohol use in the workplace. Read more: https://www.niada.net/wp-content/uploads/Review-of-alcohol-drug-use-in-the-workforce.pdf
May 6, 2021
In 2009, the Government established the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group to formulate an alcohol policy for Ireland. In 2012, the steering group published their […]
May 6, 2021
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey is a WHO collaborative cross-national study that monitors the health behaviours, health outcomes and social environments of school-aged […]
May 6, 2021
Northern Ireland has observed notable increases in alcohol deaths in the last two decades despite increased awareness of, and the public being more educated on, the […]
April 2, 2021
Breakdown of excise receipts and volume by quarter and by month for tobacco and alcohol. Read more https://www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/excise/quarterly-alcohol-breakdown.pdf
April 2, 2021
Trends in Health Behaviours, Health Outcomes and Contextual Factors between 1998-2018: findings from the Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study. Read more http://www.nuigalway.ie/media/healthpromotionresearchcentre/hbscdocs/nationalreports/HBSC-Trends-Report-2021.pdf
April 2, 2021
NISRA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Opinion Survey – Key Findings from Phases 1 to 8 Read more https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/NISRA%20COVID-19%20Survey%20Key%20Findings.pdf
April 2, 2021
The Department of Health are the official producers of life expectancy figures for Northern Ireland. This report presents the latest estimates of life expectancy, healthy life […]
February 11, 2021
This report provides information on children’s health outcomes; educational outcomes; and social, emotional and behavioural outcomes. This includes, for example, smoking; alcohol and cannabis use; births […]
February 11, 2021
This Briefing Note provides background statistics on the use and abuse of alcohol in Northern Ireland. It has been prepared in support of an upcoming Bill […]
February 11, 2021
Number of Alcohol-Specific Deaths in Northern Ireland, 2008-2018. Read more: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/alcohol-specific-deaths-2009-2019-northern-ireland
February 11, 2021
This report presents results from the health survey Northern Ireland. Read more: https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications/health-survey-northern-ireland-first-results-201920
February 11, 2021
This is the eighteenth annual report from the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland. It is based on data collected on hospital-presenting self-harm in 2019 in the Republic […]
February 11, 2021
This report collates statistics and other information on the health of men and boys on the island of Ireland. It is based on the seminal Men’s […]
February 11, 2021
Most believe pre-COVID like will return in between 1 and 2 years. Read more: https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-sic19wbl5/socialimpactofcovid-19surveynovember2020well-beingandlifestyleunderlevel5restrictions/lifestyle/
February 11, 2021
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study has been seeking to understand and monitor young people’s health across Europe and North America for more than […]
February 11, 2021
This bulletin presents findings from the 2018/19 Northern Ireland Safe Community Survey (NISCS) and focuses on respondents’ perceptions of crime including worry about crime and the […]
January 20, 2021
The effects of alcohol misuse in Northern Ireland have been estimated to cost up to £900 million annually, with almost £250 million being attributed to the […]
January 20, 2021
This paper is a collaboration between Alcohol Action Ireland and University College Cork’s School of Applied Psychology. It considers the issue of parental problem alcohol use […]
January 20, 2021
The Youth Wellbeing Survey was commissioned by the Health and Social Care Board, from Transformation funding from the Department of Health. The survey and report was […]
January 20, 2021
To determine if the initial COVID-19 societal restrictions, introduced in Ireland in March 2020, impacted on the number and nature of psychiatry presentations to the emergency […]
January 20, 2021
In 2015, the Probation Service and Irish Prisons Service (IPS) sought an independent review of alcohol and drug treatment services for adult offenders in the community […]
January 20, 2021
This is the first analysis by the National Cancer Registry on the proportion of cancer cases attributable to modifiable risk factors and thus potentially preventable. Read […]
January 20, 2021
Report on Policing Performance by the Garda Síochána in Relation to COVID-19 Regulations. Read more: http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Sixth_Report_of_the_Policing_Authority_on_use_of_Covid-19_powers_by_An_Garda_Siochana_(21July2020).pdf/Files/Sixth_Report_of_the_Policing_Authority_on_use_of_Covid-19_powers_by_An_Garda_Siochana_(21July2020).pdf
January 20, 2021
Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on Recorded Crime levels apparent in latest statistics The number of burglary offences recorded during Q2 2020 was 52.8% lower than for […]
January 20, 2021
A consortium of government departments commission a study on the behaviour and attitudes of young people in post-primary education in Northern Ireland. The Young Persons’ Behaviour […]
August 11, 2020
The focus is on NICS respondents’ perceptions and experience of visiting their local high street or town centre in the evening to socialise. This might include […]
August 11, 2020
Annual bulletins previously published Monthly update, period ending 31 May 2020 (published 25 June 2020). Read more: https://www.psni.police.uk/inside-psni/Statistics/anti-social-behaviour-statistics/anti-social-behaviour-statistics-archive/
August 11, 2020
This report provides statistics on the number of motoring offences detected by police in Northern Ireland in 2019. It does not include any detections by the […]
August 11, 2020
Between 2018 and 2019, the number of PBTs carried out by the PSNI increased by 10%, from 35,994 to 39,489, with the majority of increase in […]
August 11, 2020
Based on a self-completion module designed to examine the experiences of, and attitudes to, domestic violence and abuse among Northern Ireland Crime Survey respondents aged 16-64 […]
August 11, 2020
Based on a self-completion module designed to examine the experiences of, and attitudes to, domestic violence and abuse among Northern Ireland Crime Survey respondents aged 16-64 […]
August 11, 2020
The focus is on NICS respondents’ perceptions and experience of visiting their local high street or town centre in the evening to socialise. This might include […]
August 11, 2020
The focus is on NICS respondents’ perceptions and experience of visiting/using their local high street or town centre in the evening to socialise. This might include […]
August 11, 2020
The latest figures from the HRB show 53,200 cases were treated for problem alcohol use in Ireland between 2013 and 2019. A total of 7,546 cases […]
August 11, 2020
This editorial is focused on the harms associated with FASD. However, the other harms mentioned above are equally important and coalesce to emphasise why pregnancy health […]
August 11, 2020
The Sexual Experiences Survey (SES) 2020 was completed by 6,026 undergraduate and postgraduate students at Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) during February/April 2020. The survey was […]
August 11, 2020
This report analyses the current state of regulation concerning marketing of alcoholic beverages in Europe. It shows that, although most countries in the World Health Organization […]
August 11, 2020
Since the start of 2020, European countries have been experiencing an unprecedented public health threat with the emergence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In order to […]
August 11, 2020
The Global Drug Survey (GDS) Special Edition on COVID-19 was developed as part of a global effort to better understand the impact of the pandemic on […]
August 11, 2020
New ESRI research, funded by HSE Health and Wellbeing, examines how 4 key risk factors for disease (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, diet) cluster together among […]
August 3, 2020
This report provides an overview of the scale of alcohol and drug addiction in Northern Ireland, the structures and systems in place within the health sector […]
August 3, 2020
Eurofound’s COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the crisis, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed […]
August 3, 2020
General and regional statistics of alcohol consumption by sex, age and educational attainment level. Read more https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_al1e&lang=en
August 3, 2020
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), a WHO collaborative cross-national study, has provided information about the health, well-being, social environment and health behaviour of 11-, 13- […]
August 3, 2020
Changes in consumption of alcohol. Read more https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-sic19/socialimpactofcovid-19surveyapril2020/changesinconsumption/
August 3, 2020
New findings show that alcohol-related violence affects the poorest in society to the greatest degree, with the most deprived groups experiencing as much as 14 times […]
August 3, 2020
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), a WHO collaborative cross-national study, has provided information about the health, well-being, social environment and health behaviour of 11-, 13- […]