National Drug Strategy Household Survey detailed report: 2013

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Release Date: 25 Nov 2014

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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:

4 in 10 people either smoked daily, drank alcohol in risky quantities or used an illicit drug in the last 12 months
Daily smoking significantly declined between 2010 and 2013, from 15.1% to 12.8%
Younger people delayed the take up of smoking and drinking—age first tried increased for both
People in Remote areas twice as likely as people in Major cities to smoke daily and drink alcohol in risky quantities

Notes

Amendments

12 Feb 2015 - Page 21 updated: text relating to the increase in daily smoking of people aged 12–17 has been updated by deleting a reference to a high relative standard error.

18 Jun 2015 - Updates to the supplementary tables: some estimates may differ to previously published estimates due to rounding.

Table 3.4: updated to correct 2001 estimates as well as the occasional smokers, ex-smokers, and never smokers’ estimates for people aged 14 or older and 18 or older.
Table 9.25: updated to correct 2010 and 2013 estimates for ex-cannabis users.

30 Apr 2020 - Estimates of physical abuse by someone under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs have been revised following a review of the methodology for their calculation in 2019. This has affected the estimates presented in the 2010, 2013, and 2016 NDSHS publications. 2010 data are no longer available and the 2016 data tables and National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2016: detailed findings report should be referred to for the latest estimates and further details about the changes to these estimates. The revised estimates have resulted in slightly fewer people reporting that someone under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs had physically abused them.

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National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2013