This data briefing presents findings from the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS) for the NT. The AODTS-NMDS is a nationally agreed set of common data items collected by government funded service providers of clients of alcohol and other drug treatment services.
In the Northern Territory (NT), 19 government-funded alcohol and other drug treatment agencies provided 3,032 'closed treatment episodes' (see below for
the definition of 'closed treatment episodes').
The majority of closed treatment episodes were for clients aged between 20 and 39 years of age (61%), with over a third of all treatment episodes (36%)
provided for clients in the 30-39 year age group.
Male clients in the NT accounted for just under two-thirds (64%) of all closed treatment episodes.
In the NT, alcohol (72%) was the most common principal drug of concern in closed treatment episodes, followed by cannabis (9%) and amphetamines (6%).
Of all closed treatment episodes in the NT, counselling was the most common form of main treatment provided (25%), followed by information and education
only (21%) and assessment only (20%).
Treatment episodes in the NT most commonly ceased because the treatment was completed (57%).
In the NT, clients aged 10-19 and 20-29 years were more likely than clients aged 30 years or more to seek treatment for cannabis (34% and 16%, compared to
4% respectively) and less likely to seek treatment for alcohol (54% and 60%, compared to 78%).
