National Drug Strategy Household Survey detailed report: 2013
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Topic: Illicit use of drugs
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) National Drug Strategy Household Survey detailed report: 2013, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 September 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). National Drug Strategy Household Survey detailed report: 2013. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Drug Strategy Household Survey detailed report: 2013. AIHW, 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Drug Strategy Household Survey detailed report: 2013. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, National Drug Strategy Household Survey detailed report: 2013, AIHW, Canberra.
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This 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey report shows that: - fewer Australians are smoking daily and are smoking less cigarettes; - fewer people are exceeding the lifetime risk and single occasion risk guidelines for alcohol use; - overall illicit drug use has remained stable but some drugs have declined and some have increased; - alcohol continues to be the drug of most concern to the community but an increasing number of people are concerned about meth/amphetamines.
Note: Revisions for physical abuse estimates were updated.
- ISSN: 1442-7230
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-665-8
- Cat. no: PHE 183
- Pages: 161
Findings from this report:
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4 in 10 people either smoked daily, drank alcohol in risky quantities or used an illicit drug in the last 12 months
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Daily smoking significantly declined between 2010 and 2013, from 15.1% to 12.8%
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Younger people delayed the take up of smoking and drinking—age first tried increased for both
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People in Remote areas twice as likely as people in Major cities to smoke daily and drink alcohol in risky quantities