deaths per 100,000 people - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's alcohol-induced deaths was 5.9 deaths per 100,000 people as of January 2024. Deaths where alcohol was the underlying cause, age-standardised per 100,000 people (ABS Causes of Death). Alcohol harm is widespread and largely preventable; the death rate tracks whether policy is reducing it. Data is sourced from ABS Causes of Death (Cat. 3303.0) - alcohol-induced deaths, age-standardised death rate, persons and updated annually.
Deaths where alcohol was the underlying cause, age-standardised per 100,000 people (ABS Causes of Death).
Alcohol harm is widespread and largely preventable; the death rate tracks whether policy is reducing it.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Causes of Death (Cat. 3303.0) - alcohol-induced deaths, age-standardised death rate, persons
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Causes of Death (Cat. 3303.0) - alcohol-induced deaths, age-standardised death rate, persons), updated annually. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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