Handbook on Australian Drug-Related Mortality Statistics from 1998

1998 statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimate 23,313 drug-related deaths in Australia. The data, compiled by Training on Addiction, breaks down deaths by tobacco, risky alcohol use, and illicit drugs, with heroin overdose comprising the bulk of illicit drug fatalities.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical trends in drug-related mortality based on the 1998 Australian statistics.
• Comparing mortality rates between tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs based on the provided breakdown.
• Investigating the specific impact of heroin overdose within illicit drug mortality data.

Strengths

• Provides specific mortality figures (23,313 total deaths) for a defined year (1998).
• Breaks down total deaths into three distinct categories with precise numbers (19,019, 3,271, 1,023).
• Cites a specific source (Ridolfo & Stevenson, 2001) for the statistical data.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single year (1998); temporal coverage is extremely limited.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and format require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Training on Addiction

Collection Method

Likely compiled from a cited report (Ridolfo & Stevenson, 2001) based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare estimates.

Time Range

1998

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Australia