Chrzanowska, Agata and Man, Nicola and Akhurst, Jane and Sutherland, Rachel and Degenhardt, Louisa and Peacock, Amy (2023) Trends in overdose and other drug-induced deaths in Australia, 2002-2021. Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.
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This report presents the most recent and in-depth data on overdose and drug-induced deaths in Australia, covering the period 2002 to 2021. It is the most recent output in a series of annual publications on trends in drug overdose deaths issued by Drug Trends for over 20 years.
This publication includes:
Findings are reported by age, sex, jurisdiction, remoteness area, socio-economic status, intent, psychosocial risk factors, and drug type.
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B Substances > Alcohol
B Substances > Sedatives, hypnotics or tranquillisers (CNS depressants)
B Substances > CNS stimulants
B Substances > Opioids (opiates)
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Medical substance
G Health and disease > Substance use disorder (addiction) > Drug use disorder > Drug intoxication > Poisoning (overdose)
P Demography, epidemiology, and history > Population dynamics > Substance related mortality / death
VA Geographic area > Australia and Oceania > Australia
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