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National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) 2016—key findings

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Last updated: 01 Jun 2017
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017. National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) 2016—key findings . Cat. no. WEB 180. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 23 January 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/ndshs-2016-key-findings

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) 2016—key findings . Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/ndshs-2016-key-findings

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National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) 2016—key findings . Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 01 June 2017, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/ndshs-2016-key-findings

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) 2016—key findings [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2017 [cited 2021 Jan. 23]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/ndshs-2016-key-findings

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2017, National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) 2016—key findings , viewed 23 January 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/ndshs-2016-key-findings

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This web-based release presents a summary of the national findings from the 2016 National Drug Strategy Household Survey. The 2016 NDSHS show that younger people (aged under 30) were smoking less, drinking less and using fewer illicit drugs in 2016 than in 2001. However, for people in their 40s, 50s and 60s, there was little to no change in drug usage behaviours over this period but their use of some drugs has increased between 2013 and 2016.

Note: Revisions for physical abuse estimates were updated April 2020.

  • Cat. no: WEB 180
Findings from this report:
  • About 1 in 20 Australians had misused pharmaceuticals in 2016 (4.8%) and 3.6% had misused pain-killers/opiates

  • Meth/amphetamine has overtaken excessive drinking of alcohol as the drug of most concern to Australians (40%)

  • Proportion of teenagers abstaining from alcohol increased from 72% in 2013 to 82% in 2016

  • Most meth/amphetamine users are now using 'ice' as their main from, increasing from 22% in 2010 to 57% in 2016

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