Statistics
Here is a selection of useful Australian and international websites and publications, which provide detailed statistics related to alcohol and other drugs.
Read our Quick statistics for a brief outline of important Australian statistics on specific drugs.
Find more reports and statistics in the DrugInfo library.
Australia
The following are national statistics. Find state-wide statistics below.
Australian secondary school students' surveys
Cancer Council Victoria
These surveys are the main source of data about young people. They include data on alcohol, over-the-counter and illicit drugs.
The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian society in 2004/05
National Drug Strategy
Published in 2008, this report estimates the costs of alcohol and other drug use in Australia in 2004/05 including public health costs and crime.
The Drug statistics series by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's (AIHW) is a valuable source of statistics and related information on alcohol and other drug use and treatment services. These include:
Drug trends
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
These include the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS), Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) and the National Illicit Drug Indicators Project (NIDIP). This series of reports monitors drug use trends. It also covers drug markets with data on price, availability and purity. The reports include national, and state and territory information.
Drug use monitoring in Australia (DUMA)
The DUMA program is a partnership between the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), state police services and local researchers. It examines the relationship between drugs and crime, and monitors local drug markets and drug use patterns by detainees across time.
Illicit Drug Data Report (IDDR)
Produced by the Australian Crime Commission (ACC), these reports look at illicit drug arrests and seizures, as well as the current situation, national impact and emerging trends and threats of illicit drugs in Australia.
National alcohol indicators survey
National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
This series reports on alcohol consumption levels and related harms, including mortality rates and alcohol-related hospital admissions, at national state and local levels.
National health survey 2007–2008
Australian Bureau of Statistics
This survey provides general population health data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It includes risky drinking levels.
State and territory statistics
Australian Capital Territory
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australian Capital Territory 2009–10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDA)
The extent and nature of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, and related harms, in the Australian Capital Territory [PDF: 853KB](new window)
New South Wales
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in New South Wales 2009–10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDA)
Health Statistics NSW
Rules of engagement: policing anti-social behaviour and alcohol-related violence in and around licensed premises [PDF: 310 KB](new window)
Northern Territory
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Northern Territory 2009–10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDA)
Queensland
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Queensland 2009–10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity and overweight (SNAPO) indicators for health service districts in 2006 [PDF 189 KB](new window)
South Australia
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in South Australia 2009–10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
Statistics on alcohol use in South Australia
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia
Statistics on illicit drug use in South Australia
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia
Victoria
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Victoria 2009–10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
Effectiveness of justice strategies in preventing and reducing alcohol-related harms
Victorian Auditor General
Victorian alcohol statistics handbook series
Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre
Victorian drug statistics handbook: Patterns of drug use and related harm in Victoria
Victoria. Department of Health
Victorian secondary school students' use of licit and illicit substances
Victoria. Department of Health
Victorian Youth Alcohol and Drug Survey 2009: final report [PDF: 1.7MB](new window)
Victorian Drug and Alcohol Prevention Council, Victoria. Department of Health
Western Australia
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Western Australia 2009–10: findings from the National Minimum Data Set (NMDA)
International
Global statistics
Global illicit drug trends
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNODC)
Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH)
World Health Organization
World drug report: Global illicit drug trends
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
In 2012 a world map of some of the key statistics from this report were published in The Guardian, as the "Drugs use map of the world".
Europe
Country overviews
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
Statistical bulletin
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
New Zealand
Drug trends and statistics
National Drug Policy New Zealand
United Kingdom
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