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You are here: Home Reports & data Alcohol & other drug treatment services Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings Notes
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Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings

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Last updated: 20 Apr 2018
Topic: Alcohol & other drug treatment services
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 September 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings. Retrieved from https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/alcohol-other-drug-treatment-services/aodts-2016-17-key-findings

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Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 20 April 2018, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/alcohol-other-drug-treatment-services/aodts-2016-17-key-findings

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2016–17: key findings [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018 [cited 2023 Sep. 25]. Available from: https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/alcohol-other-drug-treatment-services/aodts-2016-17-key-findings

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In 2016–17, 836 publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment services provided just over 200,000 treatment episodes to an estimated 127,000 clients.

The top four drugs that led clients to seek treatment were alcohol (32% of all treatment episodes), amphetamines (26%), cannabis (22%) and heroin (5%). The proportion of closed treatment episodes where clients were receiving treatment for amphetamines has more than doubled over the last 10 years, from 11% of treatment episodes in 2007–08 to 27% in 2016–17. Two-thirds (66%) of all clients receiving treatment in 2016–17 were male and the median age of clients remains at 33 years.

  • Cat. no: HSE 200
Findings from this report:
  • An estimated 127,000 clients received AOD treatment in 2016–17

  • AOD treatment agencies provided over 200,000 treatment episodes

  • A total of 836 publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment agencies provided services to clients

  • The top four drugs that led clients to seek AOD treatment were alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis and heroin

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Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, 2015–16

Last updated 11/08/2023 v1.0

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