AOD Program Alcohol and other drug-related harms among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people AOD-related harms among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are correspondingly excessive and can influence physical, social and emotional wellbeing, and subsequently reduce the strength of connection to family and community.
AOD use accounts for a significant proportion of the total burden of disease and injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and contributes significantly to the ongoing health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Do you know how AOD affects? Tobacco smoking has been affect to the total burden of disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and for one-fifth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths. It is the largest contributing risk factor to deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men. Alcohol has been causing to burden of disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people higher than among the non-Indigenous population. According to the Australian National Council on Drugs statistics, the rate of deaths due to alcohol dependence and harmful use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was estimated to be eight times higher for men, and 19 times higher for women, than among the non-Indigenous population. Illicit drugs consumption has been causing to burden of disease and injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. High contributors to the burden arising from illicit drugs are heroin use, hepatitis, cannabis dependence and suicide. The rate at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were hospitalised for cannabis-related mental and behavioural disorders was almost five times that for non-Indigenous people. For mental and behavioural conditions related to use of volatile solvents, the rate was more than non-Indigenous Australians.
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