Table 1

Demographics

Variable		N/mean/range	Per cent
Total number of local authorities		326	100
Local authority in analyses		284	87
Years		2009–2014
Number of measurements per local authority		24
Cumulative licensing policy index	Passive	113	40
	Low	41	14
	Medium	83	29
	High	47	17
Outlet density	Passive	22.2	p<0.001
	Low	23.5
	Medium	27.8
	High	48.6
Normalised IMD score*	Passive	0.17	p<0.001
	Low	0.19
	Medium	0.20
	High	0.25
Population size	Passive	128 404	p<0.001
	Low	157 152
	Medium	179 676
	High	252 575
Alcohol-related hospital admissions at baseline†	Passive	150	p<0.001
	Low	151
	Medium	158
	High	163