Drink deaths on the rise in Walsall
The number of men suffering alcohol related deaths in Walsall soared by 10 per cent over six years, a new report has revealed.
Between 2006 and 2012, the rate for alcohol related deaths among men in the borough rose higher than the regional and national rates, according to a report due to be discussed by Walsall Council's health and wellbeing board tonight.
The report shows there was a 26 per cent reduction for women in the same period, against a national three per cent reduction.
The report said that more than 113 residents in the borough died from an alcohol specific condition between 2010 and 2012.
The health and wellbeing board decided last year to set up an alcohol work group to review the range of local services and support on offer.
It comes after it was revealed earlier this month that thousands of people were being admitted to hospitals across the Black Country and Staffordshire because of alcohol and in the Black Country the numbers are higher than the average across England for 2013/14.
