Deaths due to injury, (including suicide, transport accidents and falls), were the most common underlying causes of death to have alcohol mentioned as a contributory factor. For deaths of females registered in 2017, a standardised rate of 7.0 deaths per 100,000 persons was recorded and represents the highest mortality rate of alcohol-related deaths for females in twenty years.
In 2017 there were 4,186 deaths where alcohol was mentioned as being a contributing factor to mortality. Although alcohol-induced mortality rates are declining, 2017 still recorded the largest number of deaths in this period, with 1,366 persons dying as a direct result of alcohol, indicating that alcohol consumption still causes significant burden within the Australian health system.Īlcohol related fatalities extend beyond those deaths which are directly attributable to alcohol. This profile is similar to that in the late 1990s except the age of death has increased for both males and females. In 2017, males aged between 60 and 64, dying from chronic alcoholic liver disease and living outside of a capital city were those most likely to die from a cause directly attributable to alcohol. Mortality directly attributable to alcohol has declined since the late 1990s recording a death rate of 5.1 per 100,000 persons in 2017, compared with 6.6 per 100,000 capita in 1997. Harmful alcohol use is a leading cause of burden amongst young people in Australia. Although the majority of people consume alcohol in a responsible manner, harmful levels of consumption have significant burden on healthcare systems, premature mortality and the crime and justice system. DEATHS DUE TO HARMFUL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN AUSTRALIAĪlcohol is the most common drug consumed in Australia with the National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2016 (AIHW) finding that 3 in 4 persons (77%) over the age of 14 reported that they had consumed alcohol in a 12 month period prior to the survey.
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