Hospital Admissions for Substance Misuse Among 15-24 Year Olds in the EU

Government Digital Service provides a dataset on hospital admissions due to substance misuse for the 15-24 year age group, standardized per 100,000 population. The data is sourced from the eu_open_data platform and is available under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. Specific details on temporal coverage, row count, and last update are not provided in the input metadata.

Use Cases

• Benchmark regional substance misuse healthcare burdens based on the per-100,000 population rate.
• Analyze trends in youth substance abuse hospitalizations based on the age-specific focus.
• Model public health intervention impacts based on admission rate data.
• Compare substance misuse healthcare outcomes across different EU regions.

Strengths

• Data is standardized per 100,000 population, enabling demographic comparisons.
• Focuses on a specific, high-risk age cohort (15-24 years).
• Sourced from an official government entity (Government Digital Service).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service via eu_open_data platform.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national or regional hospital admission records.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely covers European Union member states, as suggested by the 'eu_open_data' platform.