Chesterfield among UK’s worst for dangerous drinking
The town is ranked 14th in a top 50 table of towns and cities which have the highest rate of drinkers going to hospital – coming before the likes of Manchester, Newcastle and Liverpool.
According to the figures from Public Health England, Chesterfield had 718 per 100,000 people needing treatment last year.
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Hide AdAmber Valley – which includes areas like Ripley, Heanor and Belper – ranks at the very bottom of the list.
The top 50 dangerous drinking areas in England
1. Blackpool
2. Stoke-on-Trent
3. Sunderland
4. Norwich
5. Middlesbrough
6. Gateshead
7. Salford
8. Nottingham
9. Barrow-in-Furness
10. South Tyneside
11. Burnley
12. Newcastle-under-Lyme
13. North Tyneside
14. Chesterfield
15. Wakefield
16. Kingston upon Hull
17. Wigan
18. Manchester
19. Torbay
20. Wirral
21. Wolverhampton
22. Newcastle upon Tyne
23. Tameside
24. Hartlepool
25. St Helens
26. Halton
27. Coventry
28. Liverpool
29. Gloucester
30. Derby
31. Islington
32. Redcar and Cleveland
33. Knowsley
34. Blackburn with Darwen
35. County Durham
36. Bradford
37. Stockton-on-Tees
38. Dudley
39. Doncaster
40. Bristol
41. Lancaster
42. Oldham
43. Darlington
44. Ashfield
45. Corby
46. Rochdale
47. Hyndburn
48. Sandwell
49. Carlisle
50. Amber Valley