❓ Hon Dr Brian Walker asks about alcohol-induced deaths in WA, referencing a national report. The Minister provides figures for 2022 and recent years, but detailed cause of death data is not yet available.
AnsweredQoN 141Legislative Council
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ALCOHOL-INDUCED DEATHS
141. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer the minister to the recent
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education report which, based upon Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, showed
that in 2022 as many as 1 742 deaths across Australia were classified as
having been alcohol-induced—six deaths per 100 000, the highest rate
reported in a decade.
(1) Given that
the report was issued in November of last year, how many alcohol-induced deaths
were recorded here in Western Australia across the whole of the 2022 calendar
year?
(2) How does that 2022 figure
relate to the number of alcohol-induced deaths reported in recent years?
(3) Of those alcohol-induced deaths
here in WA, what was the highest underlying contributory cause?
141. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer the minister to the recent
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education report which, based upon Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, showed
that in 2022 as many as 1 742 deaths across Australia were classified as
having been alcohol-induced—six deaths per 100 000, the highest rate
reported in a decade.
(1) Given that
the report was issued in November of last year, how many alcohol-induced deaths
were recorded here in Western Australia across the whole of the 2022 calendar
year?
(2) How does that 2022 figure
relate to the number of alcohol-induced deaths reported in recent years?
(3) Of those alcohol-induced deaths
here in WA, what was the highest underlying contributory cause?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the
Minister for Health.
(1) The
Australian Bureau of Statistics data for the 2022 calendar year recorded 151
alcohol-induced deaths in Western Australia.
Answer (2) is in tabular form. I seek
leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(2) ABS data for alcohol-induced
deaths reported in Western Australia in recent years:
Calendar
Year
Alcohol-induced
deaths
2018
135
2019
143
2020
171
2021
151
2022
151
(3) The ABS has
not provided a further breakdown of the contributory causes of death in this
data. Detailed cause of death data for 2022
is not yet available for analysis by the Western Australian Department of
Health.
some notice of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the
Minister for Health.
(1) The
Australian Bureau of Statistics data for the 2022 calendar year recorded 151
alcohol-induced deaths in Western Australia.
Answer (2) is in tabular form. I seek
leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(2) ABS data for alcohol-induced
deaths reported in Western Australia in recent years:
Calendar
Year
Alcohol-induced
deaths
2018
135
2019
143
2020
171
2021
151
2022
151
(3) The ABS has
not provided a further breakdown of the contributory causes of death in this
data. Detailed cause of death data for 2022
is not yet available for analysis by the Western Australian Department of
Health.
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