North East tops alcohol-related hospital admissions league table

Figures put together for the NHS show that between 2012 and 2013, 67,000 people were admitted to North East hospitals with alcohol-related conditions - the equivalent of 185 every day.

When the figures are adjusted to take account of population differences, Middlesbrough has the highest rate of admissions in England, with South Tyneside, Sunderland and North Tyneside also in the top ten.

Those figures relate to the number of people suffering the effects of drinking too much in the long and short term, as well as falls, self harm and other injuries caused by drinking.

The North East has the highest rate of alcohol-related hospital admissions in England, according to new figures.

2.5% of people in the region were admitted to hospital for alcohol-related reasons in 2012-13. The statistics have been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

The figure for Middlesbrough, at 3.28%, was the highest of any local authority area in England.

This is significantly above the national average figure of 1.89%. The South East had the lowest rate in England, at 1.5%.