Isle of Man leads the way

Isle of Man leads the way February 26

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Not something you read everyday perhaps? The BBC reports that one in three adminssion of under 16s to the Island’s A&E department are alcohol related. That seems quite a lot of boozed up youngsters. How things have changed since my day, when we used to fly kites in the fields and only went to A&E for scrapes on our knees. Read on further and discovert that:

… in 2004/5 22 children were admitted for alcohol-related conditions, with a further 50 having conditions attributable to alcohol, such as injuries.

Then reverse engineer the number to discover that approximately 210 children were admitted to A&E during the year, for alcohol related injuries. Just so you know this all fits into the bigger picture, here’s some demographics:

</p> <p>Nothing that remarkable, other than the large number of over 65s. The conclusion - the youths obviously need more <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/6242271.stm">ultrasonic anti-vandalism devices</a>.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="post" id="comments"> <h2 class="posttitle">1 comment</h2> <ol id="commentlist"> <li id="comment-3422"> <h3 class="commenttitle"><a href="http://paintball-marker.blogspot.com">paintball marker <span class="commentdate">Sep 15</span></a></h3> <p>I think the report from the bbc is great, and i am totally agre that the youth need more ultrasonic anti-vandalism devices.</p> </li> </ol> <ol id="trackbacks"> </ol> </div> <div class="post" id="comments"> <h2 class="posttitle">Leave a reply</h2> <div class="the_content"> <form action="http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform"> <p><input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="" size="22" tabindex="1" /> <label for="author"><small>Name (required)</small></label></p> <p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" size="22" tabindex="2" /> <label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published) (required)</small></label></p> <p><input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="" size="22" tabindex="3" /> <label for="url"><small>Website</small></label></p> <p><textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="100%" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea></p> <p><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit Comment" /> <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="91" /></p> </form> <script type="text/javascript"> var blogTool = "WordPress"; var blogURL = "http://www.blacksworld.net/blog"; var blogTitle = "OMB"; var postURL = "http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2007/02/26/isle-of-man-leads-the-way/"; var postTitle = "Isle of Man leads the way"; var commentAuthorFieldName = "author"; var commentAuthorLoggedIn = false; var commentFormID = "commentform"; var commentTextFieldName = "comment"; var commentButtonName = "submit"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" id="cocomment-fetchlet" src="http://www.cocomment.com/js/enabler.js"></script> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>Design © 2006 by <a href="http://theundersigned.net">the undersigned</a> | Theme sponsor: <a href="http://www.webertables.com">Weber Poker Tables</a></p> </div> </div> </body> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-979762-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> </html>

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