Focus Area 6: Reducing alcohol and other drug harm

Table 6: Tracking progress against the targets in Focus Area 6
TargetBaseline value1Latest value2Tracking against target3Comparison change
Target 1: At least a 10% reduction in harmful alcohol consumption by Australians (aged 14 years and over) by 2025 and at least a 15% reduction by 20304In 2019, 32.0% of people aged 14 and over consumed alcohol in ways that increased the risk of alcohol-related disease or injury (AIHW 2024i).In 2022–2023, 30.7% of people aged 14 and over consumed alcohol in ways that increased the risk of alcohol-related disease or injury (AIHW 2024i).No change
A relative reduction of 4.1%
Target 2: Less than 10% of pregnant women aged 14 to 49 are consuming alcoholIn 2019, 29.7% of pregnant women aged 14–49 consumed alcohol before or after knowledge of pregnancy (AIHW 2024l).In 2022–2023, 28.3% of pregnant women aged 14–49 consumed alcohol before or after knowledge of pregnancy (AIHW 2024l).No change
1.4 percentage point ↓ (decrease)
Target 3: Less than 10% of young people (aged 14–17) are consuming alcohol by 2030In 2019, 30.2% of those aged 14–17 consumed alcohol in the previous 12 months (AIHW 2024i).In 2022–2023, 31.0% of those aged 14–17 consumed alcohol in the previous 12 months (AIHW 2024i).No change
0.8 percentage point ↑ (increase)
Target 4: At least a 15% decrease in the prevalence of recent illicit drug use (aged 14 years and over) by 20304In 2019, 16.4% had used an illicit drug in the past 12 months (including non-medical use of pharmaceuticals) (AIHW 2024o).In 2022–2023 17.9% had used an illicit drug in the past 12 months (AIHW 2024o).Regress
A relative increase of 9.1%

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Notes

  1. Baseline value is the latest year of data that was available for each target at the time the National Preventive Health Strategy (NPHS) 2021–30 and the National Obesity Strategy (NOS) 2022–2032 were developed. Progress is measured against this baseline value, noting that there might be earlier data before the baseline year. Baseline level data for some indicators are also revised throughout the years and may be different to that included in the published strategies. For each target, where possible, a longer-term time trend is presented in the Interactive dashboard.
  2. Latest value is the current latest year of data available to measure progress against the baseline value, as of 12 December 2024.
  3. For interpretation of tracking the progress, see Table 1: Key for tracking against the targets of the National Preventive Health Strategy.
  4. This is a relative reduction/increase target. For more information on the calculated target proportion, see the Technical notes.
     
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