Table 4. Policy effects on alcohol consumption, spending and hospital admissions.

		10% tax rise	£0.50 minimum unit price	£0.70 minimum unit price	10% tax rise	£0.50 minimum unit price	£0.70 minimum unit price
		% change			absolute change
a: CONSUMPTION (units per year)
All drinkers		-1·0%	-3·7%	-10·4%	-7·2	-25·7	-72·2
Male drinkers		-1·3%	-5·3%	-13·6%	-11·9	-47·4	-121·7
Female drinkers		-0·5%	-0·7%	-4·3%	-2·4	-3·2	-21·1
Men	Moderate	-1·0%	-1·5%	-6·3%	-2·4	-3·8	-15·7
	Increasing risk	-1·3%	-3·4%	-11·5%	-17·5	-46·5	-156·2
	High-risk	-1·5%	-9·9%	-20·3%	-64·3	-413·4	-845·7
Women	Moderate	-0·3%	-0·1%	-2·5%	-0·6	-0·3	-4·9
	Increasing risk	-0·4%	-0·1%	-2·9%	-4·7	-1·0	-31·7
	High-risk	-0·7%	-1·8%	-7·6%	-24·0	-59·2	-248·7
b: EXPENDITURE (annual £ spent)
All drinkers		1·9%	1·4%	5·7%	£13·3	£9·6	£40·1
Male drinkers		1·4%	0·3%	2·1%	£13·3	£3·2	£19·7
Female drinkers		3·0%	3·7%	13·7%	£13·3	£16·3	£61·1
Men	Moderate	1·2%	0·3%	1·5%	£4·5	£1·1	£5·8
	Increasing risk	1·4%	0·8%	3·0%	£20·5	£11·9	£43·6
	High-risk	1·5%	-0·5%	0·8%	£53·2	-£18·9	£26·7
Women	Moderate	2·4%	2·0%	8·2%	£5·9	£4·8	£20·0
	Increasing risk	3·3%	4·0%	16·2%	£29·9	£36·1	£146·8
	High-risk	3·6%	6·3%	20·5%	£76·4	£133·7	£435·0
c: HOSPITALISATIONS (at full effect)
All drinkers		-1·0%	-3·4%	-10·3%	-6686	-22226	-67585
Male drinkers		-1·1%	-4·1%	-11·4%	-5128	-19323	-53862
Female drinkers		-0·9%	-1·6%	-7·5%	-1559	-2903	-13723
Men	Moderate	-1·1%	-1·5%	-6·8%	-672	-902	-4097
	Increasing risk	-1·4%	-3·5%	-11·5%	-3229	-8265	-27510
	High-risk	-0·7%	-5·8%	-12·8%	-1227	-10155	-22255
Women	Moderate	-1·5%	-1·5%	-13·0%	-95	-93	-806
	Increasing risk	-1·0%	0·9%	-2·3%	-542	504	-1249
	High-risk	-0·7%	-2·7%	-9·5%	-922	-3314	-11669