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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 Northern 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 979 9; Cat. no. HSE 79; 16pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Highlights

In the Northern Territory (NT) in 2007–08, 20 government-funded alcohol and other drug treatment agencies provided 3,712 treatment episodes. This represented 1 extra treatment agency and around 1,200 additional treatment episodes compared to 2006–07.

The median age of persons receiving treatment for their own drug use was the same as 2006–07 (32 years). The median age of people seeking treatment in relation to someone else’s drug use decreased from 36 years in 2006–07 to 32 years in 2007–08.

Alcohol accounted for an even larger majority of treatment episodes this year (73% compared to 63% in 2006–07). Cannabis was again the second most common principal drug of concern (10%), followed by opioids (9%, with morphine accounting for 7% of all principal drugs of concern).

The most common form of main treatment provided was assessment only (33% of episodes), followed by counselling (21%), withdrawal management (detoxification) (15%) and rehabilitation (12%). Counselling decreased from 29% of episodes in 2006–07; withdrawal management increased as a proportion of treatment episodes.

Recommended citation

AIHW 2009. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in the Northern Territory 2007-08: findings from the National Minimum Data Set. Cat. no. HSE 79. Canberra: AIHW.