Alcohol-induced deaths: NT and Australia

Notes:

1. Alcohol-induced deaths are those deaths attributed to harmful alcohol consumption. Deaths which are certified as being attributable to alcohol are coded as the underlying cause of death (for example, alcoholic liver disease).


2. The data source has been retrieved from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website where the time series is only available back to 2016. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Causes of Death, Australia.


3. The age-standardised death rate (ASDR) is the death rate per 100,000 population adjusted for age against the 2001 Australian standard population using direct age-standardisation method. For an outline of this method, go to the Australian Bureau of Statistics website.


4. Age-standardised death rates (ASDRs) have not been calculated for the NT for years 2022 to 2024. A rate is not calculated if the total number of events in a population is fewer than 20. Rates not provided appear as 'np' in the Australian Bureau of Statistics source data. For more information, refer to Principle 3 of ‘Appendix 1 Principles on the use of direct age-standardisation’ on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website.


5. The number of deaths reflects the total number of deaths recorded in the population over the reporting period.