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2.17 Drug and other substance use including inhalants

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Data tables: 2.17 Drug and other substance use including inhalants
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List of tables in measure 2.17


  • Table D2.17.1: Substance use, Indigenous persons aged 15 and over, by remoteness, 2002, 2004–05, 2008, 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2018–19 (proportions)

  • Table D2.17.2: Substance use, Indigenous persons aged 15 and over, by remoteness, 2002, 2004–05, 2008, 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2018–19 (estimates)

  • Table D2.17.3: Indigenous persons aged 15 and over reporting substance use in last 12 months, by sex, age and jurisdiction, 2018–19

  • Table D2.17.4: Substance used in the last 12 months, by type of substance and sex, Indigenous Australians aged 15 and over, 2018–19

  • Table D2.17.5: Number of substances used in the last 12 months, Indigenous persons aged 15 and over, by sex, 2018–19
    Table D2.17.6: Hospitalisations related to drug use (based on principal diagnosis), by Indigenous status, Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

  • Table D2.17.7: First reported external causes of hospitalisations relating to drug use, by Indigenous status, Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

  • Table D2.17.8: Hospitalisations related to drug use (based on principal diagnosis), by Indigenous status, jurisdiction and remoteness, Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

  • Table D2.17.9: Any external causes of hospitalisations related to drug use, by Indigenous status, jurisdiction and remoteness, Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

  • Table D2.17.10: Detainees who provided urine at selected police stations, by urinalysis test results and Indigenous status, 2016 and 2017

  • Table D2.17.11: Detainees who provided urine during selected state collections, by urinalysis test results and Indigenous status, 2004 to 2017

  • Table D2.17.12: Detainees who provided urine during selected state collections, by urinalysis test results and Indigenous status, 2004 to 2017

  • Table D2.17.13: Illicit drug or substance use by child's mother during pregnancy, Indigenous children aged 0–3, by jurisdiction, 2018–19

  • Table D2.17.14: Illicit drug or substance use, by child's mother during pregnancy, by remoteness, Indigenous children aged 0–3, 2018–19

  • Table D2.17.15: Selected stressors experienced by self, family or friends in last 12 months, by remoteness area (ASGS 2011), Indigenous Australians aged 15 and over, 2014–15

  • Table D2.17.16: Selected stressors experienced by self, family or friends in last 12 months, by sex, Indigenous persons aged 15 and over, 2014–15

  • Table D2.17.17: Hospitalisations related to drug use (based on principal diagnosis), by Indigenous status and sex, NSW, Vic, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2006–07 to 2018–19

  • Table D2.17.18: Detainees who provided urine during selected state collections, by urinalysis test results, age and Indigenous status, 2017

  • Table D2.17.19: Selected health risk factors by Indigenous persons (15 years and over) reporting substance use, 2018–19

  • Table D2.17.20: Hospitalisations related to drug use (based on principal diagnosis), by Indigenous status and drug of concern, Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Data sources

This measure was last updated on 31 January 2023. See table below for details of updates by data source.

Updates to measure content by data source

Topic

Data source

Latest time period reported

Measure content last updated

Burden of disease

Australian Burden of Disease Study 2018

2018

24 May 2022

Prevalence (survey)

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS), National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health survey (AATSIHS)

2004–05, 2018–19 (NATSIHS), 2017–18 (NHS), 2014–15 (NATSISS) and 2012–13 (AATSIHS)

 

8 Dec 2020

 

National Drug Strategy and Household Survey (NDSHS) and General Social Survey (GSS)(a)

2019 (NDSHS) and 2014 (GSS)

8 Dec 2020

Hospitalisations

National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD)

2017–19

31 Jan 2023

Drug use among police detainees

Australian Institute of Criminology Drug Use Monitoring in Australia Collection

2017

8 Dec 2020

(a) Data for Indigenous Australians sourced from the NATSIHS, with non-Indigenous comparisons based on the NDSHS and GSS.

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