| NORTHERN TERRITORY ALCOHOL INDICATORS |
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| Introduction |
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data have been generated by the Racing, Gaming and Licensing Division of the
Department of Justice and are based on recommendations in the Final Report of
the Alcohol Framework. They are
sourced from several agencies which retain responsibility for the quality and
integrity of the data provided. While
all data are subject to qualifications and limitations, these Indicators are
presented as widely accepted indices of alcohol-related harm and consumption. |
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queries can be made by email to oapc.ntt@nt.gov.au |
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| Northern Territory Alcohol
Indicators |
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| CONSUMPTION |
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| Apparent
Per Capita Alcohol Consumption |
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| Total
NT Pure Alcohol Wholesales |
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| NT
Pure Alcohol Wholesales by Beverage Types |
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| NT
Pure Alcohol Wholesales by Outlet Types |
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| HEALTH |
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| Hospital
Separations for Selected Acute and Chronic Alcohol-Related Conditions |
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| Alcohol-Related
Admissions to Alcohol and Drug Treatment Agencies |
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| Admissions
to Sobering Up Shelters |
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| CRIME |
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| Number
of Persons Taken Into Protective Custody |
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| Assault
Offences |
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| Sexual
Assaults and Related Offences |
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| Pubic
Order Offences |
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| ROAD INJURY |
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| Serious
Road Injuries (Fatalities and Injuries Requiring Hospitalisation) |
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| Total
Number of Road Fatalities and Number Alcohol-Related |
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| DRINKING PATTERN |
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| Percentage
of Population Engaging in Risky or High-Risk Drinking for Short-Term Harm |
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| Percentage
of Population Engaging in Risky or High-Risk Drinking for Long-Term Harm |
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| JUSTICE |
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| Alcohol-Related
Prison Receptions |
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| Alcohol-Related
Community Orders |
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| Northern
Territory Alcohol Indicators |
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| CONSUMPTION |
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| Apparent Per Capita Alcohol
Consumption |
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| Note:
Liquor volume has been converted into pure alcohol. |
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| Regional Classification |
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| Barkly includes Tennent Creek
Town, Tableland and Tennant Creek-Balance |
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| Central includes Alice
Springs Town, Petermann, Sandover-Balance and Tanami |
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| Lower Top End includes
Katherine Town, Elsey-Balance, Gulf and Victoria |
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End includes Darwin Statistical Division, Finniss SSD, Bathurst-Melville SSD,
Alligator SSD, Daly SSD
and East Arnhem SSD |
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Note: Liquor volume has been converted into pure alcohol. |
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Note: Liquor volume has been converted into pure alcohol. |
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| NT
Pure Alcohol Wholesales by Outlet Types |
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| Note:
Liquor volume has been converted into pure alcohol. Other includes liquor
merchant, private hotel, restaurant, roadside inn, vessel, on licence and off
licence. |
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| HEALTH |
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| Hospital
Separations for Selected Acute and Chronic Alcohol-Related Conditions |
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| Alcohol-Related
Admissions to Alcohol and Drug Treatment Agencies |
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| Admissions
to Sobering Up Shelters |
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| CRIME |
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| Number
of Persons Taken Into Protective Custody |
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| Note:
Section 128 of NT Police Administrative Act states that where a member of the
Police Force has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is
intoxicated with alcohol or drugs and that person is in a public place or
trespassing on private property the member may, without warrant, apprehend
and take that person into custody.
Numbers shown in the above graph are those persons taken into
Protective Custody by Police and taken to a Watch House and do not include
those taken to a sobering-up-shelter or taken home by police. |
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| Crime
Statistics |
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‘alcohol-related´ is imprecise in relation to crime. Its use varies from the
simple observation that an offender or victim suffering from an injury had
previously consumed alcohol to the belief that the consumption of alcohol had
directly caused the person to commit the offence or sustain the injury. A fundamental problem with existing data
and indeed with data that might be provided by improved recording procedures
is that it is impossible to identify the level of causality that can be
attributed to alcohol. |
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category of 'Unknown' in the graphs relates to those offences where there is
no direct evidence of the offence being related to alcohol. The circumstances of policing are such that
it is often not practicable to investigate whether alcohol was a contributing
factor to the offence. Empirical
evidence would indicate that a high proportion of the offences in the
'Unknown' category for the graphs relating to Assault Offences and Public
Order Offences would be alcohol related, i.e. the figures indicating ‘alcohol
related’ are very much understated. |
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| Given that the causal connection between alcohol and
crime cannot be defined on the basis of current collection processes, caution
should be exercised when interpreting the results generated by Police data. |
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| Assault Offences |
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Assault offences includes aggravated and non-aggravated assaults. The increase in Assaults in 2005-06 largely
reflects the impact of operational changes the Police have made in the
reporting and recording of domestic violence related assaults; rather than an
actual increase in violent crimes in the Territory. |
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| Sexual
Assaults and Related Offences |
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Sexual assault offences includes aggravated sexual assaults, non-aggravated
sexual assaults and non
assaultive sexual offences against a child. |
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| Pubic
Order Offences |
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| Note: Public Order incidents
include disorderly conduct, trespass, offensive language, offensive
behaviour, |
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| criminal intent, conspiracy, betting
& gambling offences, liquor & tobacco offences, censorship
offences |
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| offences against public order sexual
standards and regulated public order offences |
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| ROAD
INJURY |
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| Serious
Road Injuries |
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Note: fatalities and injuries requiring hospitalisation. |
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| Total
Number of Road Fatalities and Number Alcohol-Related |
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| DRINKING
PATTERNS |
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| Percentage of Population
Engaging in Risky or High-Risk Drinking for Short-Term Harm |
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| Source:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2002. 2001 National Drug Strategy
Household Survey: State and Territory supplement. AIHW cat. no. PHE 37.
Canberra: AIHW (Drug Statistics Series No. 10); Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare 2005. 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: State
and territory supplement. AIHW cat. no. PHE 61. Canberra: AIHW. |
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| Percentage
of Population Engaging in Risky or High-Risk Drinking for Long-Term Harm |
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| Source:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2002. 2001 National Drug Strategy
Household Survey: State and Territory supplement. AIHW cat. no. PHE 37.
Canberra: AIHW (Drug Statistics Series No. 10); Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare 2005. 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: State
and territory supplement. AIHW cat. no. PHE 61. Canberra: AIHW. |
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| JUSTICE |
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| Alcohol-Related Prison
Receptions |
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| Alcohol-Related
Community Orders |
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| Note: Community orders
include home detention, probation, parole and community work order. |
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| Last updated: 21 March 2007 |
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