Are younger or older Australians more likely to receive treatment for cocaine use?

Australians aged 20-29 years accounted for half (50%) of all of cocaine-related treatment episodes in 2019-20.

In 2019-20, 6% of Australians who received treatment for cocaine use were aged 10-19 years, 50% were aged 20-29 years, 30% were aged 30-39 years, 11% were aged 40-49 years, and 3% were aged 50+ years.

Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services in Australia 2019-20.

Please note: No statistical significance testing has been conducted on these data. As a result, no inferences can be made about whether the reported proportions are significantly different from one another.

Treatment Episode: A period of contact between a client and a treatment provider. Only ‘closed’ treatment episodes are included in the data used here. An episode is closed if there is a change in the principal drug of concern, main treatment, or service delivery setting; if the treatment ends; or if the patient is imprisoned or dies.