Alcohol-induced deaths: NT and Australia

Notes:

1. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics Publication: 3303.0 - Causes of Death, Australia, 2021.

2. Alcohol-induced deaths are those deaths which are directly attributed to alcohol. Deaths which are certified as being directly attributable to alcohol are coded as the undying cause of death (the condition which initiated the train of morbid events) e.g. alcoholic liver disease.

3. The direct age-standardisation method is used for calculating rates.  An outline of this method can be found here: Appendix: Principles on the use of direct age-standardisation