The Impact of Alcohol on the Population of Western Australia examines trends of alcohol consumption and different levels of alcohol consumption prevalence among the population of WA.
Newly derived WA specific aetiological fractions were used to assess alcohol-related hospitalisations and mortality. Alcohol-related ED attendances in the metropolitan ED departments in terms of presenting problems and diagnostic categories, triage categories, presenting time and month, and health regions were examined. Alcohol-related ED attendance rates by gender, Aboriginality, health regions, were also analysed and at-risk sub-populations identified.
This is the second report produced by the Epidemiology Branch, Department of Health WA to examine the impact of alcohol on the health of Western Australians. The first (Unwin et al., 2004) used national aetiological fractions to estimate alcohol-related deaths and hospitalisations, while this second report has used WA specific fractions.
Regional profiles for the nine health regions in WA have also been produced as companion documents to this report, and are available in PDF format below. The profiles present detailed information on alcohol drinking patterns, alcohol-related hospitalisations and hospitalisation costs and alcohol-related deaths.
The purpose of this report is to inform the process for developing strategies to reduce the harm associated with alcohol consumption in the WA population. The focus of this report is on harm associated with risky levels of alcohol consumption.
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