Key Points

• In 2017 in the Centre-Val de Loire region among 18- to 75-year-olds, the standardized prevalence of daily alcohol consumption was estimated at 10.3% and the crude prevalence at 11.1% (Metropolitan France = 10.0%). The standardized prevalence of monthly heavy drinking episodes (HDE) was estimated at 15.9%, and the crude prevalence at 15.5% (Metropolitan France = 16.2%).

• The proportion of daily drinkers was higher among men (16.2%) than among women (4.7%) and increased with age (2.6% among 18-30-year-olds and 25.5% among 60-75-year-olds). The proportion of monthly alcohol consumption was also higher among men (25.5%) than among women (6.1%) but decreased with age (26.1% among 18-30-year-olds and 7.3% among 60-75-year-olds).

• In 2017, in the Centre-Val de Loire region, 86.1% of 17-year-olds had tried alcohol at least once and 7.9% consumed it regularly, rates comparable to those in mainland France (85.7% and 8.4%, respectively); 13.7% of 17-year-olds had repeated emergency room visits, a rate significantly lower than that of mainland France (16.4%).

• In 2017, conditions directly related to alcohol accounted for 1.16% of emergency room visits in the region (1.38% in France). This proportion was higher among men (1.75%) than among women (0.59%) and among people aged 46–60 (Men: 4.18% / Women: 1.69%). Emergency department visits for conditions directly related to alcohol were higher in Cher (Men: 2.46% / Women: 0.89%) and Indre (Men: 2.41% / Women: 0.88%).

• Between 2007 and 2016, the incidence of cancer of the lips, mouth, and pharynx was 4.7 per 100,000 person-years among women and 20.5 among men. Among men, the incidence was higher in Cher (25.0) than in France (20.3). Between 2007 and 2014, mortality from cancer of the lips, mouth, and pharynx was estimated at 1.1 per 100,000 person-years among women and 6.3 among men. Among men, mortality was significantly higher in the Cher (8.7) and Eure-et-Loire (6.8) departments than in France (5.9).

• Between 2007 and 2016, the incidence of esophageal cancer was 1.5 per 100,000 person-years among women and 7.2 among men. Between 2007 and 2014, mortality from esophageal cancer was estimated at 0.9 per 100,000 person-years among women and 5.4 among men. Among men, mortality was significantly higher in Cher (6.4) and Indre (7.6) than in France (5.2).

• Between 2013 and 2015, mortality from the main diseases directly linked to alcohol was estimated at 12.1 per 100,000 inhabitants among women (France = 12.0) and 52.2 among men (France = 49.2). Standardized mortality rates were particularly high in the Cher department, among women (14.8) and among men (49.2).