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released: 14 Dec 2009 author: AIHW

This data bulletin summarises the main findings from the 2007-08 Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS) data for the Australian Capital Territory. Other data bulletins are available for most states and territories in Australia. More detailed information about the 2007-08 collection and its national findings can be found in the publication Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2007-08: report on the National Minimum Data Set (AIHW 2009).

ISBN 978 1 74024 977 5; Cat. no. HSE 76; 16pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Highlights

In the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in 2007–08, 10 publicly funded alcohol and other drug treatment agencies provided 3,738 treatment episodes.

The median age of persons receiving treatment for their own drug use was 30 years, similar to 2006–07 (32 years). For people seeking treatment in relation to someone else’s drug use, the median age decreased from 52 years in 2006–07 to 43 years in 2007–08.

Alcohol was again the most common principal drug of concern (49%), although accounting for a smaller proportion of episodes compared to the previous year. Other principal drugs of concern were heroin (20%), cannabis (14%) and amphetamines (10%).

Counselling accounted for 28% of treatment episodes as the main treatment type, followed by withdrawal management (21%) and assessment only (19%). This represented a substantial decrease in assessment only episodes and an increase in withdrawal management as a proportion of total treatments.

Recommended citation

AIHW 2009. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in the Australian Capital Territory 2007-08: findings from the National Minimum Data Set. Cat. no. HSE 76. Canberra: AIHW.