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Wealthy risking health through drinkDate: 16/10/2007 12:15:52
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People living in middle class areas are more likely to be consuming levels of alcohol that are 'hazardous' to their health than less prosperous places, it has emerged.
According to a study by Liverpool John Moores University, people living in the Surrey area of Runnymede were drinking to 'hazardous' levels of between 22 and 50 units per week.
The area with the lowest hazardous alcohol levels was the London borough of Newham, while Manchester was found to be an area where 'harmful' levels (above 50 units) of alcohol were being consumed.
Indeed, harmful levels were greater in poorest areas.
Professor Mark Bellis, the director of the university's North West Public Health Observatory, where the results were collated, said: "In order to stop further increases in alcohol-related deaths and admission to hospital, we must also reverse the tolerance that most communities have built up by simply consuming too much alcohol on a weekly basis."
Meanwhile, Dawn Primarolo, the Public Health Minister, said: "Most of these are not young people; they are 'everyday' drinkers who have drunk too much for too long. This has to change."
A pint of normal strength beer represents two units of alcohol, while one large glass of wine - 250ml at 12 per cent alcohol - is the equivalent of three units.
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