Number of patients in the hospital discharge register in 1991–1996 with an alcohol related primary diagnosis, median length of hospital stay (LOS) in days, the ratio of alcohol related disease diagnoses to intoxication diagnoses, the number of deaths among the hospitalised during follow up from discharge to the end of 1997, and their proportion of the patients by socioeconomic status and sex
| Socioeconomic status | Number of patients | Median LOS (days) | Alcohol related disease dg/intoxication dg | Deaths | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | |||||
| Upper white collar worker | 2759 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 559 | 20 |
| Lower white collar worker | 4889 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 919 | 19 |
| Specialised manual worker | 14803 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2700 | 18 |
| Unspecialised manual worker | 10496 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1949 | 19 |
| Farmer | 2355 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 514 | 22 |
| Other | 7830 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 1641 | 21 |
| All | 43132 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 8282 | 19 |
| Women | |||||
| Upper white collar worker | 634 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 103 | 16 |
| Lower white collar worker | 3000 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 398 | 13 |
| Specialised manual worker | 1751 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 261 | 15 |
| Unspecialised manual worker | 2388 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 319 | 13 |
| Farmer | 365 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 69 | 19 |
| Other | 1704 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 303 | 18 |
| All | 9842 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1453 | 15 |
| All | 52974 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 9735 | 18 |