Goggin, DeirdreCullen, LO'Kane, JoanO'Donovan, DiarmuidMason Mohan, CarolineHealth Profile Working Group2019-09-112019-09-112019-07https://hdl.handle.net/10147/626785In 2017, Cork had an above average rate for mortality for all ages due to alcohol related causes (70.0 per 100,000 population, National 58.6). In 2017, the percentage of potential years of life lost from selected alcohol related causes was above average for females (434.8 per 100,000 population, National 298.2) and for males (1,229.0 per 100,000, National 1006.10). In 2017, Cork had an average hospital admission rate for mental and behaviour disorders due to alcohol (89.7 per 100,000 population, National 83.7) and above average rate for alcoholic liver disease (45.7 per 100,000, National 36.5). In 2017, Cork had the highest rate nationally for psychiatric in-patient rates for alcohol disorders for first admissions (25.0 per 100,000 population, National 9.2) and below average for all admissions (12.7 per 100,000, National 24.1). In 2017,Cork had an average alcohol treatment rate at 170.0 per 100,000 (National 153.2). In January 2019, Cork ranked 15th for the number of liquor licenses with 286.4 per 100,000 population (National 279.3.) In 2017 the rate of alcohol related offences in Cork County for Drink Driving were below the national average at 117.3 per 100,000 population and also below average for disorderly conduct offences at 287.2 per 100,000 but liquor licence offences were average at 23.3 per 100,000. Cork City, however had one of the highest rates for drink driving at 267.5 per 100,000, the highest rate nationally for disorderly conduct at 1564.8 per 100,000, and above average for liquor licensing offences at 36.3 per 100,000 (National Rates: drink driving 153.8 per 100,000 population, disorderly conduct 528.4 and liquor licensing offences 17.3 respectively).enhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTHEALTH STATUSHEALTH IMPROVEMENTALCOHOL MISUSEALCOHOLPUBLIC HEALTHReport