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70% of admission to a&e in Ireland are alcohol related.

  • 11-10-2011 01:54PM
    #1
    drdeadlift
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    A mate of mine i was just yapping to mentioned this to me crazy shtuff :pac:


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  • #2
    The_Kew_Tour
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    makes me proud to be Irish

    EVENFLOW



  • #3
    IrishZeus
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    Any source?

    (I agree its probably true, but curious to see where the figure came from)


  • #4
    biko
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    Any chance to know if it's actually true?


  • #5
    4leto
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    Thank god so that is only 30% due to smoking.


  • #6
    drdeadlift
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    Dont have a source,its a friend of a friend thing.Doesnt shock me if its true


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  • #7
    Duggy747
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    And then 135% of admissions are caused by eating Smarties too quickly. :pac:

    I imagine it's fairly high, don't know about 70% though.


  • #8
    smash
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    Is this a challenge to raise the bar by the end of the weekend?


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
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    Your are surprised at this!!!


  • #10
    castletownman
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    Challenge accepted


  • #11
    Shawn Easy Jugular
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    The figure is correct for a certain time period each week in the UK, not necessarily ireland


    http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/factsheets/nhs.pdf


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  • #12
    4leto
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    I would conjecture it is about 15 to 20% which is still quite high.


  • #13
    biko
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    Since this thread rests on that "70% of admission to a&e in Ireland are alcohol related" and there isn't a source I'll close it.
    However if you do find a source to back this up, PM me and I'll reopen.

    NB, it's actually true for UK - 70% admittance in A&E for NHS in UK during peak hours of midnight to 5am is alcohol related, but that's over there.
    http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/factsheets/nhs.pdf


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