Publication, Part of Statistics on Smoking (replaced by Statistics on Public Health)
Statistics on Smoking, England 2020
Official statistics, National statistics
Statistics on Public Health
Please note that this publication has now been integrated into the new Statistics on Public Health publication that brings together:
- Statistics on Alcohol,
- Statistics on Drug Misuse,
- Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet,
- Statistics on Smoking.
The new format was agreed as part of a consultation in early 2022 and the consultation outcomes document can be found below under Resources.
20 July 2023 09:30 AM
Summary
This report presents newly published information on smoking including:
- Smoking-related hospital admissions from NHS Digital's Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).
- Smoking-related deaths from Office for National Statistics (ONS) mortality statistics.
- Prescription items used to help people stop smoking from prescribing data held by NHS Prescription Services.
- Affordability of tobacco and expenditure on tobacco using ONS economic data.
Two new years of data have been provided for hospital admissions (2018/19 and 2019/20) and deaths (2018 and 2019) and one year of data for prescribing (2018/19) and affordability and expenditure (2019).
The report also provides links to information on smoking by adults and children drawn together from a variety of sources.
Key facts cover the latest year of data available:
- Hospital admissions: 2019/20
- Deaths: 2019
- Prescriptions: 2019/20
Highlights
506,100 hospital admissions attributable to smoking
Similar to 2018/19 but 10% higher than 2009/10 when it was 461,700
74,600 deaths attributable to smoking
Decrease of 3% from 2018 (77,000) and 9% from 2009 (82,000)
710 thousand prescription items to help people stop smoking dispensed
Decrease of 4% from 2018/19 (740 thousand) and 71% from 2009/10 (2.48 million)
Data Sets
Last edited: 29 July 2024 3:45 pm