| FACT |
| 90% of the UK population consume alcohol - spending around £25 billion per year. |
| FACT |
| Statistics show that 13% of women and 27% of men drink more than the recommended amounts. |
| FACT |
| Out of 1,000 adults, 47 are likely to be dependent on alcohol; this is double the amount of people who are dependent on illegal drugs. |
| FACT |
| Some 40% of violent crime, 78% of assaults and 88% of criminal damage cases are committed whilst the offender is under the influence of alcohol. |
| FACT |
| 63% of teenagers, aged between 16 and 17 and 10% of 12 to 15 year olds who have drunk in the past year - bought the alcohol themselves from off-licences or bars. Half of the older category drank at least once a week. Source: The Home Office. |
| FACT |
| By the age of 11, the majority of children will have tasted alcohol. |
| FACT |
| British teenagers get drunk more often than their peers in the rest of Europe and North America. Children from Wales drink the most, according to a study by the World Health Organization. |
| FACT |
| 50-60 units of alcohol per week could mean you end up in hospital needing a liver transplant. |
| FACT |
| Over 1,000 young people under the age of 15 are admitted to hospital each year with alcohol poisoning. |
| FACT |
| 540 people were killed in drink-driving accidents in 1996 - 1 in 6 of all people killed on the road. |
