NUMBER OF DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS IN 2022 BY DRUG TYPE: ALL DEATHS AND UNINTENTIONAL DEATHS .................................................................................................................................................. [...] UNINTENTIONAL DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS BY DRUG TYPE, 2002-2022, PROPORTION OF UNINTENTIONAL DEATHS (%) .................................................................................................................. [...] NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS INVOLVING ALCOHOL BY SEX, 2018-2022 95 FIGURE 47: NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS INVOLVING ALCOHOL ONLY, BY AGE GROUP AND SEX, 2018-2022 ................................................................................................................... [...] NUMBER AND RATE PER 100,000 POPULATION OF UNINTENTIONAL DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS, BY DRUG TYPE AND STATE AND TERRITORY, 2008-2012 AND 2018-2022 .................................................... [...] In 2022, there were 2,356 drug-induced deaths in Australia equating to 69,815 years of life lost, with an average of 31 years of life lost per drug-induced death.24 Internationally, as a point of reference, the 2022 rate of all drug-induced deaths in Australia was 8.8 per 100,000 people, compared with 8.4 deaths per 100,000 people in England and Wales in 202225 and 32.6 per 100,000 people in the U.
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Table of Contents
- LIST OF FIGURES 6
- LIST OF TABLES 11
- Foreword 13
- Key findings Infographics 15
- Executive summary 19
- Data sources and status 22
- 4.1. Preliminary data 23
- Overdose and the COVID-19 pandemic 25
- All drug-induced deaths 2002-2022 27
- Case study Michael 27
- Intentional drug-induced deaths 2002-2022 36
- Case study David 36
- 6.1. Demographic patterns in drug-induced suicides 41
- Unintentional drug-induced deaths 2002-2022 44
- 7.1. Demographic patterns in unintentional drug-induced deaths 55
- Poly-substance use in unintentional drug-induced deaths 66
- Case study Christine 66
- Analysis of specific drug types 78
- 8.1. Opioids 78
- Key findings 78
- 8.2. Benzodiazepines 91
- Key findings 91
- 8.3. Stimulants 97
- Key findings 97
- 8.4. Alcohol 103
- Key findings 103
- 8.5. Anti-depressants 110
- Key findings 110
- 8.6. Anti-convulsants and neuropathic pain modulators 115
- Key findings 115
- 8.7. Anti-psychotics 121
- Key findings 121
- 8.8. Cannabinoids 126
- Key findings 126
- Geographical trends 133
- 9.1. New South Wales 133
- 9.2. Victoria 137
- 9.3. Queensland 141
- 9.4. Western Australia 144
- 9.5. Unintentional drug-induced deaths by state and territory 147
- 9.6. Drug-induced deaths by Primary Health Network 151
- 9.7. Unintentional drug-induced deaths by local areas 159
- Non-fatal acute drug- and alcohol-related harm 176
- 10.1. Drug- and alcohol-related ambulance attendances 177
- 10.2. Drug- and alcohol-related hospitalisations 185
- 10.3. Poisons information centres 189
- Bibliography 191
- Appendix 1 technical specifications 197
- 12.1. Source of fatal overdose data 197
- 12.2. Preliminary and revised data 197
- 12.3. Definitions 198
- 12.4. Factors of interest 206
- 12.5. Data presentation 207
- 12.6. Data limitations 208
- Appendix 2 data cubes for figures 211
- 12.7. Data cubes for Chapter 5 211
- 12.8. Data cubes for Chapter 6 215
- 12.9. Data cubes for Chapter 7 217
- 12.10. Data cubes for Chapter 8 229
- 12.11. Data cubes for Chapter 9 246
- 12.12. Data cubes for Chapter 10 260
