Australia's Health Report 2016
The Health Report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare covers a range of health issues, including the health status of Australians, health expenditure, the major causes of ill health, determinants of health, health through the life course, health of Indigenous Australians, preventing and treating ill health and health system performance.
The report also addresses alcohol, cigarette and illicit drug use. It states that Australia has the fourth-lowest smoking rate (13%) among 34 OECD countries. The smoking rate has almost halved in the past 22 years.
Alcohol consumption fell from 10.8 litres per person per year in 2007/2008 to 9.7 litres in 2013/2014. But 16% of Australians are still consuming alcohol at very risky levels (consuming 11 or more standard drinks on one occasion in the past 12 months).
Around eight million Australians have tried illicit drugs. The most commonly used illicit drugs are cannabis (10%), ecstasy (2.5%), methamphetamine (2.1%) and cocaine (2.1%).
