The impact is felt in the workplace and in accidents and crime. One in six people attend accident and emergency units as a result of alcohol-related incidents or problems. In relation to families, between 60 and 70 per cent. Heavy drinking by parents is a factor in more than 50 per cent. It clearly has a powerful impact in cases of child abuse.
Alcohol misuse affects the vulnerable.
About 65 per cent. About one in five men and one in six women admit to having unsafe sex after drinking too much. That is another strong reason for the urgent introduction of a strategy to deal with alcohol misuse. About 20 per cent. Between 20 and 30 per cent.