AIMS: To present the prevalence of substance use and ICD-10 substance use disorders in the adult Australian population using data from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being (NSMHWB). DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey assessing substance use and ICD substance use disorders (harmful use and dependence). SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A household survey of a nationally representative sample of 10,641 Australian adults (aged 18 years or older). MEASUREMENTS: Trained survey interviewers administered a structured interview based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). FINDINGS: In the past 12 months 6.5% of the sample had an ICD-10 alcohol use disorder (95% CI: 6.2, 6.9), and 2.2% had another drug use disorder (95% CI: 2.0, 2.4). More males than females had substance use disorders: 9.5% of males (95% CI: 8.5, 10.5) and 3.6% of females (95% CI: 3.2, 4.0) met criteria for an alcohol use disorder, and 3.2% of males (95% CI: 2.8, 3.6) and 1.3% of females (95% CI: 0.9, 1.7) met criteria for another drug use disorder within the past 12 months. The prevalence of substance use disorders decreased with increasing age: 10.5% of respondents aged 18-34 years met criteria for an alcohol use disorder and 4.8% met criteria for a drug use disorder. The rates of these disorders among those aged 55 years or older were 1.8% and 0.1%, respectively. Substance use disorders were more prevalent among the unemployed, those who had never married and those who were Australian-born. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of substance use disorders in the Australian population is comparable to that in other English-speaking countries.
AIMS: To present the prevalence of substance use and ICD-10 substance use disorders in the adult Australian population using data from the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being (NSMHWB). DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey assessing substance use and ICD substance use disorders (harmful use and dependence). SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A household survey of a nationally representative sample of 10,641 Australian adults (aged 18 years or older). MEASUREMENTS: Trained survey interviewers administered a structured interview based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). FINDINGS: In the past 12 months 6.5% of the sample had an ICD-10 alcohol use disorder (95% CI: 6.2, 6.9), and 2.2% had another drug use disorder (95% CI: 2.0, 2.4). More males than females had substance use disorders: 9.5% of males (95% CI: 8.5, 10.5) and 3.6% of females (95% CI: 3.2, 4.0) met criteria for an alcohol use disorder, and 3.2% of males (95% CI: 2.8, 3.6) and 1.3% of females (95% CI: 0.9, 1.7) met criteria for another drug use disorder within the past 12 months. The prevalence of substance use disorders decreased with increasing age: 10.5% of respondents aged 18-34 years met criteria for an alcohol use disorder and 4.8% met criteria for a drug use disorder. The rates of these disorders among those aged 55 years or older were 1.8% and 0.1%, respectively. Substance use disorders were more prevalent among the unemployed, those who had never married and those who were Australian-born. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of substance use disorders in the Australian population is comparable to that in other English-speaking countries.
Authors: Louisa Degenhardt; Chrianna Bharat; Meyer D Glantz; Nancy A Sampson; Kate Scott; Carmen C W Lim; Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola; Ali Al-Hamzawi; Jordi Alonso; Laura H Andrade; Evelyn J Bromet; Ronny Bruffaerts; Brendan Bunting; Giovanni de Girolamo; Oye Gureje; Josep Maria Haro; Meredith G Harris; Yanling He; Peter de Jonge; Elie G Karam; Georges E Karam; Andrzej Kiejna; Sing Lee; Jean-Pierre Lepine; Daphna Levinson; Victor Makanjuola; Maria Elena Medina-Mora; Zeina Mneimneh; Fernando Navarro-Mateu; José Posada-Villa; Dan J Stein; Hisateru Tachimori; Yolanda Torres; Zahari Zarkov; Somnath Chatterji; Ronald C Kessler Journal: Int J Drug Policy Date: 2019-06-28
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