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Latest data update

1 November 2023

Table updates1: Impacts of COVID-19
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Table updates2: Data by region

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Tobacco

 

Alcohol consumption

 

Illicit drug use

 

Prescription drug dispensing

AIHW analysis of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

Alcohol and other drug-related ambulance attendances

 

Drug-induced deaths

 

International comparisons

 

Table updates3: Harm minimisation

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Demand reduction

 

Supply reduction: Wastewater analysis

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 19, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

Harm reduction

CanTEST Health and Drug Checking Service Program Evaluation: Final Report

Table updates4: Impacts

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Health impacts

AIHW analysis of the National Mortality Database

AIHW analysis of the National Hospital Morbidity Database Australian Bureau of Statistics

Causes of Death, Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Social impacts

 

Economic impacts

 

Table updates5: Drug types

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Tobacco: Consumption

 

 

Treatment

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 19, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

Current vaping and current smoking in the Australian population aged 14 +years: February 2018-March 2023, DHAC

AIHW analysis of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

Alcohol:

Availability

Consumption

Harms – Hospitalisations, Deaths

Treatment

Apparent consumption of alcohol in Australia, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 19, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

AIHW analysis of the National Hospital Morbidity Database

Causes of Death, Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics

AIHW analysis of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

Cannabis: Consumption

Harms – Hospitalisations

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 19, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

AIHW analysis of the National Hospital Morbidity Database

Meth/amphetamine and other stimulants: Consumption

Harms – Hospitalisations

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 19, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

AIHW analysis of the National Hospital Morbidity Database

Pharmaceuticals: Availability, Policy context

Consumption

Harms – Hospitalisations

AIHW analysis of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 19, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

AIHW analysis of the National Hospital Morbidity Database

Illicit opioids, including heroin: Consumption

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 19, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

New (and emerging) psychoactive substances: Consumption

National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 19, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

Table updates6: Priority populations

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First Nations people

Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2023, Penington Institute

People experiencing homelessness

 

Older people: Pharmaceuticals, Treatment, Health and harms

AIHW analysis of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

Causes of Death, Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics

People from culturally and linguistically diverse populations

 

People in contact with the criminal justice system

 

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or queer people: Illicit drugs

Australian Needle Syringe Program Survey National Data Report 2018–2022, Kirby Institute.

People with mental health conditions

 

Younger people: Health and harms

Causes of Death, Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics

People who inject drugs: Illicit drugs, health, and harms

Australian Needle Syringe Program Survey National Data Report 2018–2022, Kirby Institute.