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The impact of alcohol-related liver disease on health services in Oxfordshire is revealed in recently published figures.
According to Public Health England, during the 12-month period ending in March this year, 139 people were admitted to the hospital.
That means a rate of 22 patients admitted per 100,000 population in Oxfordshire, which is lower than the national average of 39 for England.
Nationally, the rate ranges from 10 per 100,000 in Sutton to 127 in Blackburn with Darwen.
The data show that men are twice as likely as women to receive hospital treatment for this disease across the country.
Socioeconomic status is also a factor. The rate of alcohol-related liver disease admissions among the most disadvantaged in society is 57 per 100,000 people, but less than 29 for the better-off.
A spokesman for Public Health England said, "Liver disease is one of the leading causes of death in England, and people are dying of it more and more young.Most liver disease can be prevented and is largely influenced by alcohol consumption and obesity ".
In 2014, the Lancet Commission on Alcohol-Related Liver Diseases estimated that alcohol-related health problems cost the NHS £ 3.5 billion a year.
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