FEWER Hertfordshire residents are admitted to hospital for drink related injuries, illnesses or accidents than the national average.
The figures are contained in the Local Alcohol Profiles for England 2010 which gives a picture of how booze is affecting people in the county.
Dr Raymond Janowski, deputy director of public health said: "The number of people dying from alcohol-related illness has also declined from the previous year's figures.
"But there are some areas of real concern which the local NHS and its partners are working hard to address."
Overall, levels of alcohol-related crime in Herts is down from last year although Stevenage and Watford are still worse than the national average and more people binge drink there.
Dr Janowski said: "We want people to be aware of how much they are drinking because it can often be much more than a drink.
"For a woman having a large glass of wine every day, or a man drinking two pints of lager each day can easily push them above the recommended limits.
"Getting drunk also means than some people put themselves in riskier situations than they would normally do, and often young people can feel pressured into having unsafe sex."
Regularly drinking above the recommended daily limits can cause liver problems, high blood pressure and put people at an increased risk of a heart attack and some forms of cancer.
Men should not drink more than three to four units a day and women two or three units daily. A unit is the equivalent of half a pint of beer or lager or a small pub measure of spirits. A small glass of wine is one-and-a-half units of alcohol.
The Local Alcohol Profiles contain 23 booze-related indicators for every local authority and 24 for every primary care trust in England.
Indicators for East and North Herts show that deaths in men from chronic liver disease is above the regional average as is binge drinking and deaths from road accidents due to drink.
In west Essex, including Waltham Abbey, Nazeing and Roydon, binge drinking and death from liver disease in men are also higher than the regional average along with alcohol-related crime and admissions to hospital due to booze.
