Almost two-thirds of Ontarians consume alcohol; some seek help from emergency rooms; who are they and why? Daniel T Myran et al. (2019) investigated who and why Ontarians sought emergency rooms’ help for alcohol-related problems. Their study covered emergency room data from 2003 to 2016. Who were they? Two-thirds were men. Of all ER attendees, two-thirds (67.7 per cent) were men (Figure 1). Figure 1: Ontarians’ ED visits by gender, 2003-2016 Almost half of the men were middle-aged. Of them (men), nearly half (42.1 per cent) were between 41 and 64 years. However, almost one-tenth (9.1 per cent) were 18…

The recent OPHA (Ontario Public Health Association) letter suggests municipalities, Let us dive into the evidence. Who got admitted to the hospital? The website says that in 2021, nearly 1,500 hospital stays (admissions) were recorded among residents of Simcoe Muskoka aged ten and above entirely due to the harmful use of alcohol. (That means these counts did not include the admissions attributable to alcohol). The following data relate to five years from 2017 to 2021. By age Figure 1: Age-specific rates (per 100,000) of hospital stay entirely caused by alcohol, 2017 – 2021. When combining all hospital stays in five…