BOOZE BRITAIN Map reveals UK’s alcohol capital as NHS figures show shocking North-South divide in drink problems (Excerpt)
A stark north-south divide has been revealed in NHS figures showing the extent of the country’s chronic alcohol issues
Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/
By Jon Rogers
27th May 2018
SALFORD has been revealed as the capital of boozed-up Britain, with the latest figures showing the extent of the country’s alcohol problems.
More than 1,400 out of every 100,000 residents in Salford were given prescriptions for alcohol-related issues, figures from the NHS show.
That figure is seven times higher than the number handed out in London and 58 times more than in Horsham and Mid Sussex, where the lowest rate was recorded at 24 in every 100,000.
There also appears to be a stark north-south divide.
Across the north of England 75,000 prescription drugs connected to alcohol-related issues were dispensed last year – 486 per 100,000 people.
But in the south it was just 238 per 100,000 while in London it was 189.