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Harms and cost of alcohol in the NT

Harms and cost of alcohol in the NT. Steven Skov Public Health Physician, Dept Health and Families. With thanks to: Tanya Chikritzhs, Stephen Jackson, Joe Yick, Alex Knowler, Richard Mu, Toni Makkai, Shu Qin Li, Sabine Pircher & Steve Whetton. Australia and NT 2004/05 Australia 10.29

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Harms and cost of alcohol in the NT

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  1. Harms and cost of alcohol in the NT Steven Skov Public Health Physician, Dept Health and Families With thanks to: Tanya Chikritzhs, Stephen Jackson, Joe Yick, Alex Knowler, Richard Mu, Toni Makkai, Shu Qin Li, Sabine Pircher & Steve Whetton

  2. Australia and NT 2004/05 Australia 10.29 Total NT: 15.3 Aboriginal 17.1 Non Aboriginal 14.7 Other Countries 2003 Luxembourg (1st)15.56 Ireland (2nd)13.69 Australia (30th)9.02 Alcohol Consumption: NT vs rest of the world(litres pure alcohol per person over age 14) World Health Organisation Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) 2008. www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2008/en/index.htmln/index.html Based on: Gray D and Chikritzhs T. (2000) Regional variation in alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory. Aust NZ J Pub Health; 24(1): 35-38.

  3. Apparent per capita consumption of pure alcohol: Australia and NT

  4. NT Apparent per capita consumption

  5. Alcohol attributable deaths in the NT 2004/05 120 deaths caused, 25 prevented Age stand’d death rate /10,000 popn • NT All 7.2 • NT non Aboriginal 3.8 • NT Aboriginal 18.6 • Australia 1.9

  6. Age standardised alcohol attributable death rates: All NT Indigenous All Non-Indigenous

  7. Age standardised alcohol attributable death rates: Top End Indigenous All Non-Indigenous

  8. Age standardised alcohol attributable death rates: Central Australia Indigenous All Non-Indigenous

  9. Alcohol attributable hospitalisations in the NT 2004/05 2,319 caused, 284 prevented Age stand’d rate/10,000 popn(caused) • All NT: 146.6 • NT non Aboriginal 63.1 • NT Aboriginal 412 • Australia 62.2

  10. Ambulance work: 20% of all transport jobs

  11. Admissions to treatmentprograms for alcoholRate per 100,000 popn > 14yrs 1804 1363 1438 1406

  12. Taken off the streets for drunkenness 07/08: 54,000 or 147 people per day

  13. Police workload 2007/08 • 216,904 “jobs” • 91,054 where alcohol status recorded • 53,477 (58.7%) alcohol related • At least 146 alcohol related jobs per dayperhaps as many as 349

  14. All assaults 81% all 86% Aboriginal 72% non Aboriginal Domestic Violence 83.5% all 86% Aboriginal 72% non Aboriginal Victims of assaults: alcohol relatedeness 04/05/06 Of cases where alcohol relatedness was recorded (only in 69% of cases)

  15. NT alcohol related economic costs 2004/05 • Tangible costs $405.9m • Intangible costs $235.9m • Total costs $641.8m

  16. Cost comparison • Collins and Lapsley Australia 2004/05 • $15.3 billion • Cost per person ~ $934* • NT total cost $641.8m • Cost per person ~ $4,197* * Persons age over 14 years

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